lson so he began to hit the black board with a pipe wrench he had hidden in his back pocket. When Mr. Carlson tried to grab Charlie, "[he] turned around and hit him" (116).
             Mr. Carlson didn't die, although he did suffer from "a hairline fracture just above the frontal lobe" and four splinters of bone were picked out of his brain (116). Charlie never saw the pipe that he used to hit Mr. Carlson again, but he didn't care because"[he] didn't need that anymore, ...that stick wasn't big enough. [He'd] known about the pistol in [his] father's desk for years. ...[He] started to carry it to school" (119). Parents have become very negligent with the accessibility of guns to their children, as a result, "President Clinton introduced a crime bill...that would hold criminally liable adults who allow children access to guns" (Scott 11).
             None of Charlie's teachers knew that he was carrying a gun to school, which is similar to American students who have gone undetected while carrying guns to school because, "during the course of any day, public high school teachers may instruct upwards of 100 students" (Lloyd 5). When a teacher has the responsibility of teaching 100 or more students, it can be difficult to notice every change in a student's attitude; some students have a gift for hiding their emotions.
             Charlie honestly felt that he did nothing wrong; therefore he never apologized to Mr. Carlson. He figured he shouldn't have to apologize because "he got no apology for being badgered in front of the chemistry class as [he] stood sweating at the blackboard..." (116). However, Charlie did not go unpunished for his act of violence, in fact he was suspended from school for a week and, "spent five hours in a holding cell...before [his] father and...hysterical mother...forked over the bail money¾the charges, at the joint agreement of t...