Originally Posted by howdy
I might or might not bow out of the original topic of the thread, but I most definitely will bow out of this tangent.
Far from being off-topic, this series of posts (initiated by the OP's statement about taking weapons to school for protection) continues the thread's theme of death threats in public school... and bullying... but has a bullying victim recast as a bully, bringing weapons to school. Not OK.

Any statements about bringing weapons to school need to be refuted, especially by the gifted community... as articles about school massacres often mention the perp(s) being gifted... and bullied. This can unjustly cast suspicion on many innocent gifted kids. To help alleviate this, it is best for the gifted community to take a strong united stand against bringing weapons to school. Example of article mentioning perps as gifted:
Originally Posted by wikipedia page on Columbine
Both of the shooters were classified as gifted children who had allegedly been victims of bullying for four years.