Preschooler brings loaded gun to school in backpack

[alp227]

By Alexis Stevens

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A Spalding County preschool student had a loaded gun in his backpack Tuesday, the school system said.

Another student mentioned the gun to a Jordan Hill Elementary School teacher, who found the gun Tuesday afternoon, according to Judy Parker, spokeswoman for Griffin-Spalding County schools. The teacher brought the backpack and gun to the principal, who called police and the child’s parents, Parker said.

Principal Anthony Aikens used the parent notification call system to alert parents, who also will receive a written letter Wednesday, Parker said.

full: http://www.ajc.com/news/news/preschooler-brings-loaded-gun-to-school-in-backpac/nZdz4/

[bowens43]

1. Well guess we should give guns to his classmates too

After all the answer to gun violence is more guns

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

2. I missed the violence part here

Was the gun fired?

[NYC_SKP]

15. I understand that the gun was shaped like a gun, resulting in the no tolerance skinning of the child

If it quacks, etc.

The skin and the gun shaped object is being held as evidence.

[rl6214]

16. So says all the anti gun zealots

[My Good Babushka]

3. Kids are almost safer when they get to middle school

when they have to go through metal detectors everyday. I never thought we would need metal detectors, pat downs and bag inspections in preschool, but thanks to so many irresponsible gun owners, it's fianlly come to this.

[DonP]

4. Ummm, how can he be a "pre-schooler" if he's in school? Oxymoronic headline

Happy that nothing happened anyway.

[lastlib]

5. kindergarten.....

Letting a child this age get hold of a gun should be made a felony!

[jeepnstein]

6. I'm pretty sure...

we could make a pretty strong case for child endangerment out of this. Of course nobody will be wanting to discuss whose gun it was that little junior took to Kindergarten. I'm betting on the backpack being used for some other purpose and then him taking it to school.

[lastlib]

7. still felonious in my book, regardless how they try to pretty it up.....

Stick 'em with a felony--they're too stoopid to have guns.

[ileus]

8. That's not very safe...always carry in a proper holster.

[aikoaiko]

9. And the jury results are in...

...

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SERIOUS gun troll. Enough.

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[ileus]

10. I think the same serial alerter gouged me for two last week.

Someone doesn't have a proper sense of humor I assume.

if you can't beat em' alert em'...

[DonP]

11. Be kind, Post Hides are the only "wins" the gun control activist "fans" seem to get these days. N/T

[ileus]

12. I thought the great winter purge of 12-13 was finally over.

[HolyMoley]

14. No shame, no regret, no purpose, nowhere else to turn to.

Such is their lot in life.

[NYC_SKP]

17. Idea: Reduce gun violence by causing comments to be deleted on an anonymous discussion board.

It's brilliant, isn't it?

[Eleanors38]

13. If the parents were negligent, they should be charged appropriately...

But the kid could have been acting as a Smurf or mule for others, perhaps under duress.