It might have been
useful to point out that historically weapons were not a problem in
public schools generally, until fairly recently. With mass school
shootings that surged during the Bill Clinton administration
parents and others became much more 'zero-tolerance' oriented to
weapons in schools. School shootings, terrorism, gang-related
activities, and mass use of dope made schools dangerous places
to be. Then again they became targets for various sorts of
terrorists. Zero tolerance for a broad field of behavior was not
unexpected, illogical or unjust.
I completely agree
that bad socialization of children from an early age create extreme
disadvantages for future students that may lead to crime. A solid
family and community life is invaluable in creating a continuum of
good instructors, good homes and good students. It is wrong though to
think that permissiveness for guns, drugs and thuggery in
schools would create better students, adults and send fewer people to
jail.
Prisons could be
abolished and public corruption rise. The guilty could go unpunished
a a few more individuals die- yet that is not the sort of society
most people want.
Plainly individuals
should not be repressed or treated without equal justice anywhere in
the nation. With 92% of U.S. population growth being non-white and
white society aging and sedentary the majority of the incarcerated,
wild youth are likely to be non-white. It is not in anyone's
interest to provide wrong explanations of causality for the number of
minorities in jail. It is also in everyone's interests to create a
well educated youth and adult population in the U.S.A. that is
stable, non-doped up, free-thinking and socially responsible with a
good work ethic inclined toward creative, inventive productivity. It
is expensive to incarcerate people. One prisoner's $35,000 annual
expense would buy good food via food stamps for a couple dozen
people. Crime steals from the hungry too.
