Posted on 04/11/2025 6:44:10 AM PDT by Red Badger
Agun discharged Thursday inside the backpack of a 9-year-old in Maryland while the student was in school, following a similar incident days earlier in Virginia.
The incident occurred in southern Maryland, at Billingsley Elementary School, according to a Washington NBC News affiliate.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/gun-goes-off-in-childs-bag-in-maryland-school-days-after-similar-gunfire-in-virginia/3889130/
A school resource officer and teacher said they recovered the gun right after it went off.
The Charles County Sheriff's Office is investigating the situation.
Three days earlier, a handgun went off in a third-grader's backpack at a school in Virginia.
https://justthenews.com/government/local/gun-goes-third-graders-backpack-school-virginia
In addition to this abysmal lack of information, it's surprising that the age of the child was even included. Furthermore the type of gun (revolver, semi-automatic) was not disclosed (perhaps the reporter didn't know or ask). While a photo was included with the news story, there was no indication whether it was the gun brought to the school or just a stock photo of a gun.
The photo of a Kimber K6S .357 Mag revolver shows 5 roounds and one empty cartridge with an indentation made from a firing pin.
That would match the report of a gun that was fired once.
The reporter referred to the student who brought the gun to school as "he".
I don’t believe a word of it. Schools are gun free zones, it’s impossible for a gun to be there.
Makes sense. Not many 9 year old girls are interested in guns................
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...
We know it was a boy, the TV reporter let that slip...............
Ralphie actor's real name: Peter Billingsley........LOL!............
Yep, that’s probably it.................
Ralphie actor's real name: Peter Billingsley........LOL!............
When I was a kid I could carry my pocket knife and zippo lighter to elementary school but kids didn’t have backpacks then, they didn’t even exist, I’m still baffled how America becoming woman dominated put backpacks on children.
We had book bags and satchels in the 50’s and 60’s................
Dem dare publik skrewls are doing one hell of a bang up job educating and keep da kids safe and fully informed about their non-doctor designated gender. Da DOE is on da ball.
I don’t recall seeing a book bag, what was it, and what kid, especially a little kid ever took a satchel to school?
Must have been range day for the budding gangsters at the criminal academy.
Arrest the parents for child endangerment towards all the children in that school, including theirs. Plus teachers and anyone on staff. Not to mention for not keeping the gun secured and out of the hands of children.
Note to self: Do NOT put handgun in backpack.
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