Posted on 11/18/2016 5:06:07 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
The 7-year-old who brought a gun into Crossroads Elementary School in St. Paul Thursday took it from a drawer in a bedroom at home, police said Friday.
According to Sgt. Michael Ernster with the St. Paul Police Department, the .38-caliber revolver belonged to the boy's aunt.
Ernster said two other students handled the gun and that an 8-year-old had possession of the gun when it went off into the floor of a classroom.
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HMMM...
Not like he was born with it.
Were they confused ?
I doubt that he could pass the background check at the local gun shop...or reach the counter. Not to mention he hadn’t saved enough pennies and nickels.
It went off? How passive.
Gun safety lessons for me started way before age 8. The biggest and most terrible rule was that if I ever violated a gun safety rule, I would not be allowed to touch any guns for at least a year, and possibly until I was an adult. I had zero violations with that incentive. I did shoot a lot, but I had to have permission every single time I touched a gun. The “guns are bad” lesson that this kid probably heard doesn’t work, particularly if that’s all kids learn except from television.
“”The gun was improperly stored, Ernster said, and the case is being forwarded for charging consideration.””
That headline is ridiculous. Did they think they had to explain that or otherwise people might think he bought it on the street? They didn’t expel or suspend the 7 year old? Surprising. A 7 year old is easy - a gang banger, not so easy.
How about a WARNING to the dumb adults in the house about the proper storage of a gun where there are children living? I guess it stands to reason that they need to be advised...
We have always had guns in the house, a shell reloader and all the necessary supplies. When the kids were small we had an auto door closer installed on the door to the room where all these were stored. There was a latch at the very top which you had to be able to reach in order to even open. When they turned three, their father took them into the room where all the guns were stored and gave them an orientation geared to their ability to understand. This exercise was repeated about every six months and when they turned five they had their first gun safety and shooting lesson.
We didn’t need guns for personal safety in those days, just for hunting and trap/skeet shooting. All our friends had guns and they also trained their kids. Apparently a lot of parents don’t train their kids about gun safety any more.
Safe space! Safe space!
I restocked a Mossberg 20 ga bolt action shotgun in shop class in the late ‘70’s.
For weeks, it was stored in my regular locker.
Was it a Glock 40? Is he the only one in the class room professional enough to handle it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP6UvNgbqIA
I didn't seem fair to me, having been raised with being able to plink with my NRA instructor dad & brother.
SWAT teams would be called today, to see a 8-9 y/o with a long rifle walking down the street. Boys left their .22s in the coat room, and ammo in their pocket. If the teacher was strict, and the boy *caught* playing or fiddling with the ammo in his pocket, the teacher would make him put it on her desk, til the end of the day.
No one ever had an accident or incident with their gun.
Proving training, like Eddie Eagle works.
The Jockey underwear company ran this ad that reportedly first appeared in magazines very briefly (pun intended) back in the mid 1950s.
“Ernster said two other students handled the gun and that an 8-year-old had possession of the gun when it went off into the floor of a classroom.”
Sounds like the floor stood its ground.
You betcha.
And there was an archery badge with *real* bows & arrows.
If your scoutmaster was really *cool* he might show you how to reload with the Lyman press in his basement.
His booger-flicker is on the joy-joy-switch.
Hmmmm. Isn’t that the NATO cartrige symbol in the top right corner of the pic?
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