Posted on 01/15/2020 10:12:31 PM PST by BenLurkin
The two were in a room at Bellaire High School with four other students but no adult Tuesday afternoon when the 16-year-old took a semi-automatic pistol out of his waistband and pulled the trigger, killing 19-year-old Cesar Cortes, said Lt. Greg Bartlett.
The suspect, whose name wasn’t released, fled the scene after the shooting and was arrested about 3 1/2 hours later, authorities said. He was charged as a minor with manslaughter, according to the Harris County District Attorney’s Office.
District Attorney Kim Ogg said that based on evidence gathered so far, the shooting does not appear to have been intentional. She said the students were part of the school’s ROTC program and that there’s no indication that they’d been fighting before the shooting.
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Foolin around with a Glock.
Lotsa questions. Many ideas. Never ever show anyone friend or foe what you carry unless you intend to kill them. It ain’t a toy, it’s a tool. If you ain’t gonna drive a nail, leave the hammer in the holster.
Could this be a side effect of the “Blueing” of Texas?
One of the first lessons we get here in the South is to treat every gun as a loaded gun and to never point one at anything you weren’t going to shoot. If we didn’t get gun safety lessons at home, those were some of the first classes in ROTC. Growing up I didn’t know one person who didn’t have a rudimentary understanding of gun safety rules by age 14. Has to be more to this story.
Awful. I’m Surprised that ROTC didn’t teach them that. Perhaps they did...
Sad :(
I think the good old 1911 is a much safer design, or a double-action that has a safety, but no gun is safe if it is treated like a toy.
The best firearm safety device is the one between the ears, if it’s taught correctly.
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One of the first lessons we get here in the South is to treat every gun as a loaded gun and to never point one at anything you weren’t going to shoot.
Kids have been accidentally shooting each other with dads gun for as long as anyone here has been alive, including in the South. It seems more common now because every incident is reported nationally. 40 years ago, a kid accidentally shooting another kid wasn't news unless it was local.
Some parents teach their kids well, some don't, and some kids just don't get it, even when taught. I think kids who actually get to shoot once in a while, particularly those who hunt and see what a bullet does and what death looks like, are more likely to be safe, but even then, it happens.
I don’t think this has anything to do with “bluing.” These are city kids. Bellaire is basically a neighborhood in Houston. Kids in major cities, North or South, just aren’t as likely to grow up around guns, even in a city with as relatively widespread gun ownership as Houston.
I agree. My favorite platform.
Are they sure it was not a semi automatic assault rifle that he pulled out of his waist band? /s
This is SO true. Something that gamers do not comprehend.
The bullets that come out of real guns really do kill things. Unlike their fantasy world
You have to be quick to get in before the glock derangement boys these days. This shooting sounds like he took the magazine out and thought it was empty, but didn’t clear the chamber.
“...killing 19-year-old Cesar Cortes”
I know people who graduated college younger than that.
“You have to be quick to get in before the glock derangement boys these days. This shooting sounds like he took the magazine out and thought it was empty, but didn’t clear the chamber.”
I think yours is the most likely explanation. I feel the victim’s survivors should SUE the local school system for not teaching the kids basic firearm safety. If they can indoctrinate them on gay sex, they can teach them about guns.
Absolutely. Ignorance of firearms is what kills. And, this ignorance is what the anti-gunners promote.
Some friend...
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Yes.
Check 1 - This was Bellaire HS which has a 21% white student population.
Check 2 - This is Houston.
Check 3 - Again, Houston.
Kid was illegally carrying a concealed firearm.....
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