Harrah student suspended after toy gun shooting | — Exactly how firing a toy gun constitutes a “shooting” is beyond me. Does a rubber-band gun constitute a shooting too? Apparently he shot an annoying plastic pellet from this thing and it became a federal case. And how was it concealed if he had it out and was shooting it? Cripes.
The boy fired the toy gun from close range, hitting a classmate in the back of the head with a plastic pellet, Harrah Police Chief Eddie Holland said this morning. The victim was not injured.
The incident took place on a school bus Thursday morning, Holland said.
The 11-year-old was detained by police after the incident and later released to his mother. Harrah Schools Superintendent Dean Hughes said the length of the students suspension will not be determined until the school finishes its investigation. Holland said police will forward to juvenile court officials a complaint of possession of a concealed weapon on school property.
The police chief said its not illegal for a child to carry a toy gun, but it is illegal on school property.
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Some of those soft-air guns actually look pretty real at a short distance. I agree he should be punished, but kicking him out isn’t the answer. I think a better punishment would be, for the remainder of the year, make him do twice as much homework and stay for an hour after school.
You have got to be kidding!!! When the hell did toys become weapons. That’s why they put the orange ends on the toy guns, so that everyone knows they are TOYS. Another fine example of your tax dollars at work……ggeeezzz…
I would really like to see the ‘A toy gun is illegal on school grounds” law.
You have got to be kidding!!! When the hell did toys become weapons? That’s why they put the orange ends on the toy guns, so everyone knows its a TOY! Another fine example of our tax dollars at work. What a waste of time, money and effort.
WOW… I mean WOW
How the hell have we survived this long without a spine?
Jeebus. Fucking. Christ.
The only reasonable reason for the school to get bent out of shape like this is if this kid has any prior behavioral problems. We don’t know if he as just stupid or being a bully/menace. After all, he is 11 years old. He is old enough to know that this could get him into trouble, unless he is totally clueless.
So this gives us:
A. The kid is a moron, and needs a good slap on the wrist and it’s over, or
B. This kid has a prior history of problems, and this is a disturbing “upping of the ante”, or
C. The superintendent is the bully and HE needs to be investigated.
I’ll bet you it’s B. A and C doesn’t make sense for the Superintendent. He doesn’t need to waste his time on trivial stuff and he certainly doesn’t need the attention if he is the bully.
At that age I used a rubber band to shoot a wad of folded paper at another kid in class. I chose to fire when the teacher had her back to us. I was aiming for a back of the head shot but just missed his ear. As my luck would have it the projectile found no resistence till it struck the teachers matronly posterior. I was sent to the principal’s office and recieved detention. I’d be willing to bet they all had a good laugh about it later, I was properly disciplined and justice was served. So why get the police involved? What the heck is wrong with these people?
You’ll put your eye out!
Seriously, when I was in grade school and you did s/g like this you’d get detention and not see your toy again.
There is something not right about a country where real guns, designed to kill human beings, are freely available in department stores and yet a kid who shoots someone with a toy gun enters the criminal justice system.
I’m glad I live in a country where a kid’s concealed ‘gun’ will be assumed to be a toy.
C’mon, they should have done a backround check on the kid before selling it to him.
I lived in a city where a police officer conducting a search warrant kicked in a door and killed a 6 yr old who swung on him with a black water gun. That was over 2 decades ago. Now my wife and I are both Conceal Weapons Permit holders and I routinely carry as does she. Our 5 yr old daughter is very aware of guns and that they ARENT TOYS even the ones sold in toy stores are forbidden in our home because we believe it would foster a sense of play with what is a truly deadly tool. Guns have their place but as toys in school, never.
Should they put a scare into the kid, sure but the police involvement may be a bit extreme unless the kid obviously has a bent toward being a discipline problem.
This is just my two cents. I lived in a city where a police officer conducting a search warrant kicked in a door and killed a 6 yr old who swung on him with a black water gun. That was over 2 decades ago. Now my wife and I are both Conceal Weapons Permit holders and I routinely carry as does she. Our 5 yr old daughter is very aware of guns and that they ARENT TOYS even the ones sold in toy stores are forbidden in our home because we believe it would foster a sense of play with what is a truly deadly tool. Guns have their place but as toys in school, never.
Should they put a scare into the kid, sure but the police involvement may be a bit extreme unless the kid obviously has a bent toward being a discipline problem.
I was 11 years old to when i brung a toy gun to school the principal was going to let me go but because i lied and told her i didnt have the gun i got a detention and didnt get in trouble by my parents
#15, vic,
Maybe you should have stayed in school and learned how to write. Geeze, you write like a 10 y/o.
That is ridiculous. the boy probably did not realize the fact it was “illegal” to carry that “weapon” in school grounds, and he deserves little punishment- I believe that just being put through such an ordeal would teach him sufficient knowledge (and respect) of rules.