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In my case, white kid in a school where maybe 1-2 out of a classroom of 30 were white, NO teachers/administrators/counselors were. Groups, hell, the whole town and as far as I could tell, the entire State Dept of Education.
I'm normally against any and all forms of gun control, but it's probably a kinda good thing (saying from my head here, not my gut) that it's a good thing 7th graders can't get machine guns. I'd have made Columbine look like a PTA picnic.
It was opposite with me. I was a non Christian mix race in a predominately white Christian area and was bullied. I also had access to guns and weapons, but I was a gentle natured child and did not believe in hurting someone with a weapon to prove a point and would have never taken a gun to school.
Then when i started fighting back I was thrown out of the school the day I hit one of the principal's pet after she tried to shove me into a cement pit.
That school was the beginning of me being in and out of correctional schools and camps for "troubled kids" I had become labeled the bad kid, a scape goat, I had no credibility and no one listened to my protests when I denied the accusations. My angry outbursts and crying was sued as ammo against me. No one bothered to find out why I was always angry and depressed, that maybe the physical abuse from the students and the taunts from teachers had something to do with it, not until a lot of damage was done. Yes my friends, stereotypes and bullying are dangerous. I am just thankful I had enough of a head not to have been one of those kids who brought guns to school. Children are impulsive, and all it takes is one horrible impulsive act to ruin a lot of lives.
