Fifth-Grader Suspended for Bringing Swiss Army Knife to School Campout

A fifth-grader in Cupertino, California was suspended and threatened with expulsion for bringing a small Swiss Army knife on a school-sponsored, science-oriented camping trip.

Boy brings a pen-knife to a campout. And gets suspended.

If you're going camping, bringing a small knife of some sort is actually part of your regular gear. It's required. You would be in trouble if you didn't bring one.

I went through Boy Scouts, and in addition to carrying knives we also learned how to make bow and arrows, shoot rifles, read a map, and how to build a campfire.

How this country survived all my potential homegrown terrorism, I don't know.