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8 year old shot leaving school [US]

  • 23-02-2012 1:02pm
    #1
    leggit
    Registered Users Posts: 936 ✭✭✭


    http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/22/10480055-8-year-old-girl-critically-wounded-in-washington-state-school-shooting

    Police said a Wash. elementary school shooting that critically wounded an 8-year-old girl was apparently an accident.

    Armin Jahr Elementary School in Bremerton, Wash., across the Puget Sound from Seattle, was just letting out for the day when the victim, a girl in the third grade, was shot at about 1:29 p.m. local time (4:29 p.m. ET), Bremerton police said. The city, which houses a naval base, is an hour ferry ride from downtown Seattle.

    A Bremerton Police Department statement said a student had a firearm in his back pack that apparently discharged, striking the victim. Detectives believe the shooting to be an accident, the statement said.

    Investigators were still trying to determine how the boy came to be in possession of the gun. He was booked into Kitsap County Juvenile Detention Center for unlawful possession of a firearm, bringing a dangerous weapon unto school grounds and third degree assault based upon criminal negligence. Bremerton police Lt. Peter Fisher said the gun used in the shooting had been recovered.

    hmmm.... giving citizens access to guns is stupid. The boy who had the gun is 9 apparently!


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  • #2
    .E_C_K_S.
    Registered Users Posts: 1,147 ✭✭✭.E_C_K_S.


    ONLY IN AMERICA!!


  • #3
    Bad Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,205 ✭✭✭Bad Panda


    Ah the land of opportunity.....to get a bullet in the chest.


  • #4
    J. Marston
    Registered Users Posts: 23,102 ✭✭✭✭J. Marston


    Pff, America...


  • #5
    Niggos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭Niggos


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z5QRy7iL54


  • #6
    curlzy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,708 ✭✭✭curlzy


    Wow, poor kids! He'll probably be vilified too:(


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  • #7
    Caveman1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,808 ✭✭✭Caveman1


    This happens way too often, its sick


  • #8
    gbee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,388 ✭✭✭gbee


    leggit wrote: »
    hmmm.... giving citizens access to guns is stupid. The boy who had the gun is 9 apparently!

    I wouldn't agree. Children should perhaps not have guns in their school bags, perhaps.

    Given the randon and insane school shootings across the USA, I'd be slow to judge this one.


  • #9
    Seachmall
    Registered Users Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭Seachmall


    curlzy wrote: »
    He'll probably be vilified too:(

    Yeah, I mean he only brought a loaded handgun into school...


  • #10
    LittleBook
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,716 ✭✭✭LittleBook


    It was (apparently) an accident but whoever owns the gun and allowed it get into the hands of a 9-year-old boy should be prosecuted.


  • #11
    leggit
    Registered Users Posts: 936 ✭✭✭leggit


    gbee wrote: »
    I wouldn't agree. Children should perhaps not have guns in their school bags, perhaps.

    Given the randon and insane school shootings across the USA, I'd be slow to judge this one.

    Yeah, but this is bound to happen and I'd bet it will happen again and has happened before.

    How many kids get shot by their classmates here??

    I'd agree that the parent should be prosecuted and banned from owning a firearm ever again


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  • #12
    token101
    Registered Users Posts: 3,050 ✭✭✭token101


    Seachmall wrote: »
    Yeah, I mean he only brought a loaded handgun into school...

    In fairness, he's 9! If I had access to a gun I'd have brought it in too! It's him having access to them thats the problem.


  • #13
    TeddyTedson
    Registered Users Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭TeddyTedson


    RIP
    Queue* a gun rally in Seattle.


  • #14
    Lollipops23
    Registered Users Posts: 5,420 ✭✭✭Lollipops23


    I wouldn't blame a child for something like this- but whoever let it fall into his hands should be prosecuted. Not only did they leave it someplace accessible to a kid, they left a loaded gun in the house. No 8/9year old could load a gun by themselves.


  • #15
    Dyr
    Registered Users Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    this happens once every now and then over in that america! its outrageous! I mean theres millions of legally held handguns over there but this is'nt actually a daily occurance :mad:

    I demand that far more kids get whacked to justify my fear of guns :mad:


  • #16
    gbee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,388 ✭✭✭gbee


    Lollipops23 wrote: »
    No 8/9year old could load a gun by themselves.

    The weapon would have been in a charged state with the safety off ~ pending further info ~ ready to fire!

    It's hard to imagine an adult having a gun in this condition around the home.


  • #17
    meoklmrk91
    Registered Users Posts: 4,085 ✭✭✭meoklmrk91


    What a truly tragic event, one kid dead and another's life ruined forever.


  • #18
    Yakult
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 7,941 Mod ✭✭✭✭Yakult


    I blame the parents.

    If a 9 year old can get a gun, thats pretty worrying and actually happens quiet alot it would appear. Not the first time something like this has happened and it will continue to happen.


  • #19
    garv123
    Registered Users Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭garv123


    TeddyTedson wrote: »
    RIP
    Queue* a gun rally in Seattle.

    She didnt die?


  • #20
    Daveaherne
    Registered Users Posts: 21 ✭Daveaherne


    This is the U.S.A you most know its that child's right to bare arms. I bet right now fox news and the NRA are blaming those who want gun control for this.


  • #21
    deman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭deman


    TeddyTedson wrote: »
    RIP.

    Did she die?


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  • #22
    deman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭deman


    meoklmrk91 wrote: »
    What a truly tragic event, one kid dead and another's life ruined forever.

    I really can't understand how people make comments without actually reading the article.


  • #23
    gbee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,388 ✭✭✭gbee


    deman wrote: »
    Did she die?
    At time of post, no, 'minor' injuries but further operations needed in time.


  • #24
    leggit
    Registered Users Posts: 936 ✭✭✭leggit


    gbee wrote: »
    The weapon would have been in a charged state with the safety off ~ pending further info ~ ready to fire!

    It's hard to imagine an adult having a gun in this condition around the home.

    You know that they give a gun to just about anybody who wants them so I wouldn't find it hard to imagine some moron leaving a safety off, loaded gun next to their cereal boxes!

    and after all the school shooting tragedies I'm surprised people didn't go wild and start stampeding out of the school grounds! Could have caused more injuries and even deaths


  • #25
    garv123
    Registered Users Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭garv123


    meoklmrk91 wrote: »
    What a truly tragic event, one kid dead and another's life ruined forever.
    gbee wrote: »
    At time of post, no, 'minor' injuries but further operations needed in time.

    It said critically wounded, not fatally.
    Bit worse than minor wounds it would appear.


  • #26
    minidazzler
    Registered Users Posts: 14,739 ✭✭✭✭minidazzler


    leggit wrote: »
    hmmm.... giving citizens access to guns is stupid. The boy who had the gun is 9 apparently!

    No, you are wrong about giving citizens access to guns, especially in a place like Washington State, where there are lots of places to hunt.

    Allowing a child to access a weapon unsupervised is stupid, the parents should have their weapons confiscated.


  • #27
    Iang87
    Registered Users Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭Iang87


    I can assume she was snitching


  • #28
    John Doe1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭John Doe1


    shocking when i have a son he is definitely not being allowed a gun, maybe a crossbow


  • #29
    deman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭deman


    gbee wrote: »
    deman wrote: »
    Did she die?
    At time of post, no, 'minor' injuries but further operations needed in time.

    Thanks for the answer but my question was rhetoric. Too many people jumping the gun.


  • #30
    JohnMarston
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,881 ✭✭✭JohnMarston


    American logic:

    Give millions legal access to firearms

    Men, women and children get shot and robbed every year

    Shake head and mourn victims

    Do nothing


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  • #31
    leggit
    Registered Users Posts: 936 ✭✭✭leggit


    minidazzler wrote: »
    No, you are wrong about giving citizens access to guns, especially in a place like Washington State, where there are lots of places to hunt.

    Allowing a child to access a weapon unsupervised is stupid, the parents should have their weapons confiscated.

    Sorry, I forgot hunting was a great reason to let anybody have a gun.... what about people who live in massive cities? should they have access to guns?

    and you'd let a child have a gun if he was supervised!!!


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