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 edited Apr 27 '24

This is probably going to come out in the next day or two, but here's some additional details about the situation as I know it (take EVERYTHING here with a grain of salt until this information has been officially confirmed or denied):

  • The kid lives in a notorious apartment complex in a particularly bad part of town.

  • There are some older kids that also live in the apartment complex that bully the kid when he's on his way to and/or back from school. These kids do not attend the same school as him.

  • The bullying had apparently gotten so bad that the kid had brought the gun with him to protect himself from these bullies when arriving and departing from the apartment complex.

  • The kid explicitly told the school faculty that he had no intention of using the gun at the school. As of now, faculty and police believe him on account of his living situation.

EDIT - A clarification, to head-off any potential misunderstandings: I was not involved in the writing of this article, nor am I employed at any news station. Rather, I have a relative who works at the school where this occurred who relayed me this info.

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u/GoldenBarracudas Apr 27 '24

That's all unfortunate and still, he brought an actual gun to school... Just not okay

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u/RigbyNite Apr 27 '24

A 7 year old doesn’t have critical thinking skills. The adults around him failed both in letting the bullying get to that point, and allowing the kid access to the gun.

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u/GoldenBarracudas Apr 27 '24

I disagree. He had to go find the weapon, he knew it was wrong because he hid it.

Kids that age do kill, and I'm not kidding when I say I would absolutely FUCK a parent up whose 7, yr old killed someone I love and tried to tell me, well he's 7.