Stop the world, I want to get off

Just when you thought it was safe to carry on with your semi-normal, more-or-less sane, life, this comes down the newswires:

Rock Hill-(AP) May 7, 2005 - An 11-year-old boy was arrested this week for carrying ten nails in his pocket at a Rock Hill middle school and charged with carrying an unlawful weapon.

The rest of the article is here: http://tinyurl.com/amqqs