Sounds like a 6th grader screwing around like they do, to me… instead of “assault with a deadly weapon”
From the outside, it appears that this is a total overreaction. According to the article, the kid found a lancet and started poking the kids around him. He seems to have just horsed around.
But he could also be a bully, and this would be the straw that broke the camel’s back? Speaking for myself, I have no pity for bullies.
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The kid may or may not be a turd, but this is silly. Do you assault your son with a deadly weapon while he is sleeping?
Do I assault myself with a deadly weapon every day many times? It sounds like a young kid goofing around to me… and an inappropriate charge.
Perhaps something like a phone call home and some after school detention in which he could have written an apology and a paper on risks of blood-born pathogens would be more appropriate
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In the video report, they report that a diabetic Lancet is used to check insulin levels.
Can’t they get the facts right!!
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I agree that it’s an overreaction, but I also understand the “deadly weapon” label now that we live in the era of HIV — like medical professionals have to treat used sharps and patient blood as potentially lethal hazards.
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One of the students drew blood from the injury, according to the chief.
If only one student drew blood, I would avoid that brand of lancets like the plague.
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None if that could have happened if they had used a Fastclick 
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It is really stupid for a kid to do that.
But maybe they are using it to harass other kids. Also, the other people could get infected by the blood.
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Used lancets are dangerous. After about eight months use they become somewhat difficult to remove from the lancing device. Injury may ensue.
After a year it’s almost like they’re soldered in.
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