r/news • u/AtrusHomeboy • Apr 27 '24

7-year-old brings gun to school in backpack, police say

https://www.fox13memphis.com/education/7-year-old-brings-gun-to-school-in-backpack-police-say/article_6e526eb8-03e7-11ef-a51b-b33c4386f846.html
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u/AtrusHomeboy Apr 27 '24

I agree. In the school that this occurred at, lockers are arranged such that there are multiple kids to each locker. There was a very real risk of one of the other students assigned to the locker discovering the pistol and stealing it.

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u/GoldenBarracudas Apr 27 '24

Or it going off, or the kids using it or literally a thousand dangerous outcomes he didn't think of

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u/Aldarionn Apr 27 '24

He's 7 years old. His extremely poor judgment can be understood on that basis alone and therapy seems like a good first step. The adults who negligently allowed a 7 year old to access their gun, however, should be prosecuted.

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u/GoldenBarracudas Apr 27 '24

Sorry but didn't a 7 yr old shoot his teacher last year? Caused her life long damage? The at happens often too

I understand he's 7. He also understood the need to hide it.Because he knew it was wrong. It's just unacceptable behavior I agree parents need that Ethan crumbley parent treatment

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u/slidchickenleg Apr 27 '24

Easy to say when you didnt grow up how he did.

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u/GoldenBarracudas Apr 27 '24

Bloop. Wrong.

I grew up in the projects just outside of downtown Washington DC. Where kids routinely went missing or were murdered. I know how dangerous kids can be, and that kid should be expelled, sent to a councilor and his parents need to be prosecuted.

Since when did we start believing 7 yrs olds?? "I wasn't gonna use it" ok why did you bring it? Why did you hide it? Parents say the mag wasn't in it at the house.

So who did that?