( CNN ) -- A South Carolina high school student was arrested Monday morning after school employees found a revolver , knives , axes and dozens of rounds of ammunition in his car , police said . Investigators have no reason to think that the 17-year-old junior at Easley High School planned to attack anyone , Easley police Maj. Tim Tollison said . But the student was charged with possession of a firearm on school property . `` He told school officials he uses the stuff for hunting , and he just forgot to take it out of the car , '' Tollison said . The teen was released on $ 30,000 bail Tuesday morning , Tollison said . The junior was arrested after a concerned student told school workers that someone had weapons in a vehicle outside the school of roughly 1,600 students , police said . In the vehicle were a loaded .22-caliber revolver , nine knives , two axes , a stun gun , handcuffs , and more than 200 rounds of ammunition , according to police , who said they believe the weapons belonged to the student 's family . No guns matching the ammunition -- shotgun shells and rifle and handgun rounds -- were in the vehicle , Tollison said . The Pickens County school district released a statement saying it appears `` that the gun and ammunition ( were ) left in the car after being used for hunting ... and were not taken to the school with the intent to harm anyone . '' `` However , bringing weapons on school grounds violates state law , and the school district has a zero-tolerance policy towards weapons on school grounds , '' the district said . `` The timing of this incident is extremely unfortunate , but there is no indication that there was ever an intended threat to the school . '' District spokesman John Eby said it 's not clear what the handcuffs and stun gun were for , but he said officials do n't believe they were for an attack on the school . The incident came three days after a school shooting in Newtown , Connecticut , claimed the lives of 20 children and six adults . In addition , the gunman killed his mother and himself . In accordance with district policy , the arrested student will be recommended for expulsion for at least a year , the district said . CNN 's John Fricke and Jason Hanna contributed to this report .
Easley High School junior , 17 , charged with possession of firearm on school property . School staff found revolver , knives , axes in vehicle outside school , police say . Score: 6 Student says weapons were for hunting , and he forgot to take them out . School district says there was no indication of a threat to the school .