All right, that's it.

[principalconnor.livejournal.com]

Students are not allowed to carry guns or weapons. This, we already know.

However, new rule -- as of this moment, the teachers aren't allowed to carry guns or weapons, either.

Let me explain why.

THIS IS A HIGH SCHOOL. I REPEAT, THIS IS A HIGH SCHOOL.

It is in character for at least five of the teachers to carry guns in their everyday life and at least four of them to carry swords. However, we don't need to, and we shouldn't ... not anymore. And please keep in mind that I'm saying this as Sarah Connor. If anybody at the school should complain about prying their weapon from her cold, dead hands, it's her.

But we won't be doing that. You know why? Because after not-all-that-much consideration, it's wrong for the teachers to be freakin' ARMED, and the students not to be. Why should a handful of adults be armed against a bunch of teenagers? And I feel like the term "teenagers" should be repeated once more for anybody who seems to be missing that point. Are some of these students dangerous? Yes. But they're not so dangerous that ADULTS should be carrying GUNS to ward off TEENAGERS.

Now, before anybody points out the obvious -- *points to icon* -- Sarah has fired her weapon once. ONCE. Three shots in the air to break up a verbal argument for comic effect.

And before anybody tries to argue that they need a weapon to keep their students in line, NO. If you need a gun or a sword to keep your students in line, you should NOT be teaching. You should be able to keep teenagers in line without projectile weaponry. Sarah can do it, and will be doing so from now on. (God knows she doesn't need a weapon to be intimidating.) Remember high school? Your teachers could do it.

Any teacher who refuse to teach without a gun nearby will be fired. On the same token, any teacher who specifically persecutes any one student over everybody else without some real evidence other than what's in their school files will also be fired. A student's school files are not only confidential, but also not applicable to anything happening in their lives here at Fandom High.

Every student at this school, regardless of their past, starts off again here with a clean slate. This is why you will not be seeing Sarah publicly pointing to those students at the school who are werewolves and might have been involved in last night's attacks. Are they werewolves? Yes, but that is not enough reason to publicly persecute them. They have received their warnings and have responded with their apologies and assurances that they will contact the school administration if they need our help keeping themselves in control. However, this is not enough for any of them to be trailed after for the rest of the school year by teachers carrying guns loaded with silver bullets.

I also would like to point out that this is a game, this is supposed to be all in good fun, and these student characters are, for all intents and purposes, CHILDREN. If you can't handle a few hundred children without a gun or a sword, we can always find someone else who can.

EDIT: I will also add that any disciplinary action by a teacher that goes beyond giving a student detention is grounds for immediate expulsion from school grounds. Teachers will inform prisoner_rover, who will bring the offending student to the principal for disciplinary action from now on.

Comments

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

((ooc: Are students allowed to fence for practice?))

[principalconnor.livejournal.com]

Fence, yes, although with foils. Students and teachers can fire guns, but ONLY at the firing range.

[medusae-x.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

((I have a question. I let Cam buy himself a blaster as a sort of inside joke towards Crichton. I have no intention of using it however for any sort of plot and he's not about to run around the school with it. It's really more of a comical note and nothing more. Is that alright?))

[principalconnor.livejournal.com]

(OOC: Much like the other students who have guns, as long as he neither carries it around campus nor fires it anywhere but the firing range, he's okay.)

[addams-daughter.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I feel a lot safer... and this from a character who gets killed on a daily basis.

[pyramid-is-life.livejournal.com]

Are students allowed to have their own personal guns for use in the firing range?

[principalconnor.livejournal.com]

Yes, but ONLY for use on the firing range. They are not allowed to carry them around campus anywhere else and/or fire them on school grounds.

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

*stops eyeing the corners suspiciously* Oh good. I really hate getting shot, you know? I used to be at least two inches taller too. *grumbles* But good to know I won't be shot by mistake by the faculty, especially considering my power.

[equalsmcsquared.livejournal.com]

[OOC: Will this also apply to previous events? I.E. Sara using her gun to encourage Jayne to leave her apartment?]

[principalconnor.livejournal.com]

(OOC: No, not to previous events. But from now on, no guns on campus, and prisoner_rover will bring students to the principal for disciplining.)

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

I've been leaving the blaster aboard ship, but wearing the holster anyway. Don't feel dressed without it.

After the trouble in cooking class, the graal stays in my cabin, not in my boot.

And Cam's blaster doesn't work. Can't be made to, either.

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

You said it could! *angsts*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_gottahavefaith/]

(OOC- can students have non-projectile weapons, like stakes, knives, swords, etc- as long as they don't actually go around stabbing at people? and they keep them in their rooms?)

[principalconnor.livejournal.com]

(OOC: In keeping with the no-guns policy, no. Obviously, however, both Faith and Buffy can improvise a stake if needed, but I doubt the situation is really going to come up.)

[chasingangela]

Possibly a silly question, but is pepper spray okay? I let Angela buy some after she met the basement tentacle monster, but could easily get rid of it if the stuff would mean a weekend in detention if used.

[principalconnor.livejournal.com]

Seeing as pepper spray won't kill anyone, I'll allow it.

[02maxwell.livejournal.com]

And what if students/teachers/whomever are actually doing something illegal and carrying a gun as part of the plot? If they get caught, will it be standard disciplinary action?

[principalconnor.livejournal.com]

If students/teachers/whomever are doing something illegal and carrying a weapon at the same time, they will be expelled from school grounds.

[jerusalem-s.livejournal.com]

Spider will dispose of the one 'gun' that he has. Permanently. He will hold till death that the bowel disruptor is not, per se, a gun, but as he's lost it, I think it's a moot point.

[names-ash.livejournal.com]

::begrudgingly leaves shotgun and chainsaw in the Millenium Falcon::

Whatever you say, Principal Connor.

[sgrimm.livejournal.com]

(erm. This is soniabelmont's mun.)

This is probably a really stupid question, but I'm still going to ask it.

Sonia carries a whip. It's not simply a weapon, it's...almost sentient. In anyone else's hands, it would just be a whip, as opposed to a vampire-burning holy weapon. Um. Would it be okay for her to hang onto it, as in keeping it in its case in her dorm? Or does she have to turn it in? I'm totally willing to comply (*she* might not be so happy about it), so yeah, either way. Just wondering.

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

Veronica probably has a taser somewhere stashed around (it hasn't come up yet, but given her history, I wouldn't be surprised).

What's the protocal on non-lethal defense weapons?

[chasingangela]

She told me upthread that Angela could keep her pepper spray, so tasers might also be okay.

Also -- you might want to check out this thread before you and oatmanspatient actually talk. We kind of have an idea how we want the whole assassin thing to come out, and we need to decide how we want Veronica to fit in to it, given the extreme likelihood that she'd bust him and go to Angela in about 30 seconds. (Not the current plan.)

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

Thank you :)

Daniel has forfeited his zat gun. Elizabeth only has decorative swords on her wall, so they don't count as weapons. And Johnny's only weapon is his mind. And his fear toxin. Which he probably won't be using anytime soon XD

[swerval_zero]

This could qualify as a stupid question, but what about Zee's croquet mallet?

[principalconnor.livejournal.com]

(OOC: I will allow it just as long as she only uses it on the gremlins.)

[can_be_more]

Aeryn's crying right now, you know. CRYING.

[death-n-binky.livejournal.com]

Can DEATH still carry his scythe? Its not a weapon in the tradional sense...

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Bridge shall disable RIC's laser-firing capabilities right away! Now that the dog is no longer drunkenly wandering the halls, anyway.

[isnotimportant.livejournal.com]

Slartibartfast tends to carry a cricket ball around ... he's quite accurate (http://www.livejournal.com/community/fandom_lounge/1532.html) with it, but it's not a projectile weapon as such.

That's okay, surely?