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From Channel MBC4, Live Washington News, DC, Maryland.... (my comments added)

A gun inside a third-grader’s backpack went off in a classroom in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, on Monday morning, authorities say.

A third grader.. That's a 9 year old kid...

No students or staff were hurt after the gunfire at Lee Hill Elementary School, the county sheriff’s office said. The handgun fired at about 10:50 a.m., the office said in a statement.

Yeah, the gun "fired". Nobody touched it, nobody squeezed the trigger. It just fired by itself. Obviously just another one of those evil guns.....

“Once the gun discharged, the teacher evacuated all 26 students from the classroom and notified the School Resource Officer who was on site,” the statement said. The student had no intent to do harm, the sheriff’s office said after conducting initial interviews. Detectives are continuing to interview the student and the student’s parents.

No intent to do harm... yeah right.. Just a firearm bought to show everyone else.. No attempt to do harm tho. It was that darn evil gun again that just " Fired" all by its evil self..

In a message to families, Spotsylvania County Public Schools said “school staff immediately followed safety protocols that included securing the weapon, safely removing students from the classroom to the cafeteria, going into a school-wide hold, and conducting a threat assessment." School officials advised families to look inside kids’ backpacks. “We ask that parents and guardians check their child’s backpack each day to make sure they are bringing to school only items that are needed for instruction,” the message said.

Unless of course they are just bringing the firearm for show and tell. Then it's OK..

No information was immediately released on who owned the gun or how it got into the student’s backpack.

Yeah, darn evil gun just probably jumped into that doggone backpack all by itself. Those ev--vil guns can do that...