piisfish 140 #1 April 20, 2011 http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/19/us-houston-shooting-idUSTRE73I5E920110419 is 6 years too young to have a gun at school ? scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Glitch 0 #2 April 20, 2011 afaik... There is a "zero tolerance" policy for weapons, or anything that appears to be a weapon, or anything that might magically turn into something that might appear to be a weapon. The accused is automatically suspended pending the expulsion of the student. What happened here, IMHO, is a kid got ahold of the "tabu" gun and brought it to school thinking how cool it would be to show his friends, having no clue as to the consequences because he's been totally sheltered from that "mean nasty" gun thing. ...I can't really blame the kid. Since we were climbing down from the trees, kids have been curious. I do however, totally blame the parent/parental unit charged with caring for the kid. Both parents should be held accountable...Randomly f'n thingies up since before I was born... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #3 April 20, 2011 Quote ...a kid got ahold of the "tabu" gun... having no clue as to the consequences because he's been totally sheltered from that "mean nasty" gun thing. ... come on.. guns are taboo in Texas now ? scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Glitch 0 #4 April 20, 2011 In a public school? Yep.Randomly f'n thingies up since before I was born... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,116 #5 April 20, 2011 The problem is not that the 6 year old had a gun. The problem is that all the other 6 year olds didn't have them. They would have shot him dead the moment they realized they were in danger, and all would be well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #6 April 20, 2011 Apparently he decided to shoot Khoran rather than burn him. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #7 April 20, 2011 not sure about Texas, but in most states these days, the penalties to the parents for allowing this to happen are pretty substantial. (and rightfully so in a situation like this). Would have liked to see the make of the gun listed. Most will not fire in that circumstance, and it's a bit strange for one shot to hurt 3 kids, esp if all injuries are minor. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
