Originally Posted by
Phookah
So is a knife. So are a lot of things. Phones are a tool one that you CAN use for defense, its not FOR defense. Anyone who acts like a kid needs a cell phone during school hours is being disingenuous at best, and dumb at worst.
You know who can and should have a cell phone on them for just such an emergency relating the school? The teachers, and all the facility. The phone can stay in the locker, and the kid can grab it when school ends for all of their kidnapping defense needs.