CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Delinquency Matters
......School-Related Issues
.........Firearms and Weapons
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Firearms on school grounds.

Bringing or possessing weapons on school grounds; exceptions

Sikh children may wear ceremonial knives to school under court-imposed safety restrictions.

As the exposed blade of adult D's Swiss Army knife was not fixed or immobile and could be closed simply by applying pressure to the back of the blade, it was not locked into position and therefore was not a concealed dirk or dagger.

Regardless of the name of a specific multi-tool or the number of features in it, a "multi-tool" is a "folding knife with a blade that locks into place" if it has a blade that folds out and locks into place.

As box cutter with an exposed blade is "a razor with an unguarded blade," juvenile court correct in finding M possessed such weapon at school in violation of PC 626.10(a).

M's weapon prohibition condition was statutorily mandated by PC 12021 and offense of battery on a school employee under PC 243.6 though not specifically enumerated.

As box cutter M brought onto school grounds was razor with a "guarded," rather than unguarded, blade, it did not qualify as a weapon under PC 626.10.

M violated statute by exhibiting imitation firearm against another minor so as cause a bystander apprehension or fear of bodily harm.

Statutory prohibition against carrying "razor with an unguarded blade" does not encompass possession of a ••razor blade•• alone.

Random metal detector weapon searches of high school students do not violate Fourth Amendment constitutional ban on unreasonable searches and seizures.

Inoperable pellet gun properly included in statute prohibiting pellet guns on campus.

In determining whether a knife has a blade longer than 2 1/2 inches for purposes of statute banning knives from campus, only sharpened portion should be measured.