Canadian Supreme Court Decides to Allow Kirpans in School

Originally Posted by Locke

I'm a fan of religous freedoms, it's a great thing to be able to practice one's faith without fear of persecution - but there has to be a line drawn. One freedom should not be allowed to threaten another freedom. Bringing a weapon into a school is wrong - there's no need for it.

I agree. While the student himself--perhaps due to his religion--may not use the weapon for any harm, another student could always steal it from him and use it.
Someone needs to create a religion in which followers must carry an AR-15 at all times, just to watch what happens--the potential for abuse in either situation is far too great.

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Originally Posted by Fyodor D.

I don't think so. Sikhism is, oddly enough, not an inherently hostile religion. Someone who would create a religion demanding that it's followers carry AR-15s would be creating a religion that is hostile to the spirit of the law, and thus the government would first not recognize that religion as a religion, and second, ban its members from performing acts which are a direct threat to people.

Again, I ask, what happens if another student takes the dagger from Gurbaj; it could be used to seriously injure someone.
I have no reason to believe that the religion itself is to blame for putting students in danger, but I feel that there exists enough potential abuse to disallow the student from having it.

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