Is it made out of a hardwood? How much does it weigh? How long is the stick? Did the student drill out one end and fill it with lead?

There are too many variables, so we should just not talk about it.

In case you can't tell:

PS. It will never be time.

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And blame the child.

Taking away the stick doesn't help because there are so many sticks around.
Let's talk about the mental state of the kid. It was never supposed to have a stick.
What if the kid encounters another kid with a stick?
What about all the other objects that kids use?
What is your definition of a "stick"?

That's the NRA answer.

You make sticks illegal.

Impressed by the safety plan proposed by the NRA (give everybody a gun for a safer country), Trump just proposed a new deal for world peace: give to every country the atomic bomb...

And welcome to DU! These really are scary times!

They need something to defend themselves from all the other children with sticks.

That seems to make sense. If all the other kids are playing just fine and one can’t handle it without hitting others, you take away the one kids stick and address his underlying issues.

Deforestation. Every stick, every where must be eliminated least they fall into the hands of a child with a proclivity to smack other children with sticks.