Student with Gun within School Area

There has been an ongoing controversy at Willows High School in Willows, California. Gary Tudesko, a 17-year-old junior was on the verge of being kicked out of school, because of having two shotguns, shells, and a hunting knife within his pickup. Gary was coming back from an early morning hunt and did not want to be late for school. By doing so, Gary parked across the street near a tennis court, which was on a public street. By doing this, he thought it was much safer than parking in the school area, because of the searches they do. Although Gary thought he was safe and was not doing anything wrong, he was. School officials found out about the weapons and immediately called in Gary. He fessed up that they were his weapons and had parked off school grounds, because of the threat from the weapons. This situation started on October 26, 2009 and finally got figured out today (January 23, 2010). Willows principal stated, "We are just trying to keep our school systems safe. We take into consideration of what can happen and how fast these things really can happen." School officials state that they decided to kick Gary out, because of this action and other actions that he been involved in before this incident. Gary stated, "I had no intention of doing anything wrong or hurting anyone. I didn't want this to escalate into something like it did. I can't take anything for granted." By having this situation appealed, Willows are forced to take all expulsion records off and pay for the Tudesko's cost for the appeal. The investigation found that Gary had no effective actions that would have done actions with these weapons. Gary's attorney stated that "Gary was in class and never possessed the weapons as a threat towards the other students. The truck was parked off of school property and was not in a general area of getting searched." The school and others feel that they have covered this issue a very high importance and feel that this issue is very important. Gary plans on being a game warden or a park ranger.
I can see where this can be a problem. Although Gary had the weapons off of school property, it still puts a thought into school officials with all of the shootings that have happened throughout the last few years. Students are becoming smarter about how to do these things and how they can get it accomplished. Although this situation was blown out of proportion, we need to have that security for our students.