Posted on 01/14/2006 4:44:59 PM PST by Peace4EarthNow
A 15 year old 8th grader?
Kid didn't buy it alone, if he bought it. And parents are responsible for their children. It happened on school grounds. If there is a gun crime in Florida involving a minor resulting in death, the parents are liable. At least thats how it used to be.
Florida
What type of pellet gun is that?
Swat team for a single perp, with a hand gun might be called overreaction. I can just see it, lots of commands and yelling when a boys mother or the school counselor might have been the better choice, but once the government reaction has taken place, it would be hard if not impossible to turn off.
A sad case. All the more reason to keep kids and weapons in school, separated. Once he was in the bathroom with only one exit, the need for confrontation is over, and the calm negotiation can begin. Maybe it all fell apart on the initial response. Nothing like a good monday morning quarterback.
Not only that, it was a "pellet" gun.
Thanks.
I second...
I despise these "toy" guns that look real.
I've been bitching about this for years, knowing that some kid would get shot over one of them.
In this case it was suicide by cop, but I still despise these things.
I guess he flunked....twice.
Florida has a law regarding locking up firearms to keep them out of the hands of minors. I don't know if a pellet gun will count under that law or not. Interesting point of discussion.
I thought the same thing that you did. This is an awful situation for all concerned. I read the part in the article where it was said he was just a normal kid, and I thought no, no he isn't. Why couldn't he have just put the gun down when told to? Prayers for all.
I agree, and please, what "normal kids" do you know that try to hold classmates hostage and then point what looks like a high caliber semi-automatic at police officers?
If this is what passes for normal in their neighborhood, I'd suggest they look around for better surroundings.
"Normal" kids do not brandish weapons at their schools---pellet or otherwise. Excuse me---this is NOT a normal kid.
Where were this "normal" kid's parents????
A hobby called "Airsoft", like paintball, only with replica guns.
http://www.planetairsoft.net/
>>>Frankly, the kid was brain dead before the police shot him.<<<
Same thought crossed my mind...
There have been other cases of kids shot because a cop saw them with a fake or toy gun, and thought it was real. When my boys were growing up I completely disallowed any real looking toy guns (brightly colored plastic water pistols were ok). Our reasoning was that we had REAL guns in the house and we never wanted the kids to get the idea that anything like that was a toy. Some might think that's dumb, but it seemed reasonable to us.
susie
Sounds like fun if handled properly. It should be on commerical property where folks know what's going on.
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