Loaded Handgun Found in Backpack at Long Island Elementary School

[Madmallard]

A loaded handgun was found in a student's backpack at a Long Island elementary school, a law enforcement source says.

A school employee found the gun in the backpack at Meadow Elementary School in Baldwin on Monday after noticing that it seemed heavy, according to the law enforcement source.

The 10-year-old student was taken to the principal's office while police responded. He was processed with his father present and charged with criminal possession of a weapon on school grounds, police said.

Loaded Gun Found in Backpack at Elementary School: Source

 

[tirwin1]

"the gun may belong to someone associated with the student's mom."

Mom sounds like a real winner here.

 

[Deplorable Me]

"the gun may belong to someone associated with the student's mom."

Mom sounds like a real winner here.

An NRA blackbelt according to CNN.

 

[NYGuns]

Well that's not good

 

[Carlos Hathcock]

But....but...the signs?

 

[Steal2B]

Moms Demand and Everytown databases have already entered this in their databases as a school gun violence event. Go figure.

The 10 year old was doing a show and tell in the charter school's cafeteria showing a friend the .40 caliber from his brown lunch bag (not backpack as reported) and a cafeteria monitor noticed. The boy indicated he got the gun from his uncle's ( mother's brother) house over the week-end. The gun was loaded (a round was chambered) and it was not registered in the County.

 

[togmaster]

How could the uncle be so stupid?

 

[Steal2B]

Blame to share with the 10 year old, his mom, his dad ( who at least is in the kid's life ), and uncle.

There is no excuse for a 10 year old to steal. None.

There is no excuse for kids at a party to access a firearm. None.

There is no excuse for a 10 year old to cavalierly goof around with any potentially deadly tool. None.

The list can keep on going ...

 

[pramaglia]

Are some people that stupid to not control who can access their firearms? My grand daughter, who is 8 years old, visits all the time and my guns (and ammo), if I am not carrying concealed, are kept locked in a gun safe, in a room that she never goes into alone. Only two people have the combination to my gun safe. Me and my wife.

 

[Dr. Evil]

They still do show and tell?

 

[GOPerfect]

Why did the teacher feel it necessary to search the kids bag?

I am thinking that the parents are split up. Mom, maybe she is just a bad parent and has become involved with a bad element. Maybe the boy was afraid for himself or his mom.


I hold off judgement until the facts are revealed....

 

[Camaro45th]

I say the kid found it at a party at his “uncles” house and took it. Then wanted to show a friend. The lunch monitor, most likely a volunteer parent, saw the kid(s) looking into brown bag and became suspicious. Walks over asking what was in the bag, the kid shuts down and the monitor takes it to look in. Then the Calvary comes in.

We all love firearms. But a 10 year old having this at school is a disaster waiting to happen.

I think that “uncle” is about to be in a world of sh¡t

 

[Acer-m14]

10 , 15, 17 ..just a number .. i took a 12G shotgun to school in the 80's ..got on the bus .. off to school ... driver stops at the first doors .. close to the wood and machine shop .. gun was in my hand out in the open .. walked down the hall and handed it to the wood shop teacher to put in his office .. then we made a new stock for it ,.. i cracked it fking around with it . .. took it back home on the school buss with my new made stock .... ohh it was not pretty .. but worked .. lol


no school went on lock down then

 

[Shadow2]

Kids do dumb shit, that's never going to change.