[News] 6 (SIX!) year old shoots teacher…in America, obviously

[Taybha]

Kinel.

 

[CaptainDaveUK]

Tragic story, can’t imagine what the friends and family of the teacher are going through right now.

 

[B-right-on]

Nothing new.

https://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/01/us/boy-6-accused-in-classmate-s-killing.html

9-year old boy cause of accidental school shooting - World News

A frightened 9-year-old boy accused of accidentally shooting a classmate sat before a judge in juvenile...

www.hurriyetdailynews.com

I'm sure all the thoughts and prayers will sort this out though.

You read that and see that the mother has a whole string of offences and lost the kid, yet she's got a gun and lets him take it (unknowingly apparently). She should be charged too.

 

[Baldseagull]

This is worth a watch.

The Lost Class | D&AD Annual 2022

The National Rifle Association (NRA) spends $250 million annually to advocate for pro-gun legislation. How do you fight for common sense gun laws while facing such a powerful Goliath? One idea was to hold a graduation ceremony for The Lost Class, the 3,044 students who would have graduated this...

www.dandad.org

Member of the gun lobby makes speech to "the class of 2021" - the 3,000 American children who would have graduated that year had they not been killed by guns.

That has done me, I don't often shed a tear, but when the guy said " I am sure many of you will stand up to defend your second amendment rights", I just couldn't hold it back.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

That has done me, I don't often shed a tear, but when the guy said " I am sure many of you will stand up to defend your second amendment rights", I just couldn't hold it back.

Me too. It broke me.

 

[Peteinblack]

"Guns don't kill people, 6-year olds kill people (with guns)".

The Republicans still won't countenance any restrictions on gun ownership, though, even though they always claim that their opposition to abortion is because "All human life is sacred.". Yeah, except when it is innocent people being killed by gun-wielding nutters.

What an absolute basket-case society the US has become. Yet some of our politicians think that we should be more like the US; that it should be our role model to emulate .

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Last time I went to America was 1990. I witnessed two shootings, one police the other from a distance in a shop during a robbery, I have no desire to go back. They are completely mad and dangerous.

Their beliefs not just to have guns but religious ideals make them as f***ing mad as the so called terrorists around the World

 

[Peteinblack]

That has done me, I don't often shed a tear, but when the guy said " I am sure many of you will stand up to defend your second amendment rights", I just couldn't hold it back.

Presumably he forgot to add: "apart from those of you who have already been killed by gun-toting arseholes."

 

[Stat Brother]

At least Congress has finally got an even hand on the tiller.

 

[Superphil]

So if they arm the teachers, and a six year old whips out a gun, is the teacher expected to shoot the six year old?

 

[Stat Brother]

So if they arm the teachers, and a six year old whips out a gun, is the teacher expected to shoot the six year old?

Right in the face.

 

[Motogull]

Right in the face.

No doubt some would prefer it to turn into a tribute to the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

 

[theboybilly]

I did as well!

There‘s so much which is f***ed up about this news item:

“Mr Drew said the incident was not "an accidental shooting".”

“Mr Drew emphasised that the shooting had been an isolated incident and stressed that officers "did not have a situation where someone was going around the school shooting".” - phew, a toddler on the rampage doesn’t bear thinking about.

“the school had metal detection facilities, students were checked at random and not every child was inspected.” - WTF, schools checking pupils for guns.

I never thought I'd see the day when our primary schools resembled Stalag Luft lV either

 

[vegster]

This is disturbing stuff and arguably raises the WTF bar even higher.

If you have more guns than people, military level arms freely available and unlimited ammunition it is inevitable that (a) nutjobs will go on killing sprees and (b) sloppiness will see toddlers getting hands on loaded shooters and firing them.

This hints at a child of send year in primary school deciding to take out a teacher he was pissed off at. Is that becoming normal through their eyes such is the general state of affairs and what they are used to seeing and hearing? We know they have guns designed for toddlers and some learn to shoot very young.

Things have to change.

They may change soon I think. I read that the newly Republican majority House of Representatives has voted to get rid of the metal detectors used to screen them before entering the House. So, just a matter of time before the shootout.

 

[Scappa]

So if they arm the teachers, and a six year old whips out a gun, is the teacher expected to shoot the six year old?

Or the dinner ladies. And when they finally snap:

"Donny eat your greens. I SAID EAT THOSE MOTHERFUCKING GREENS"

*CLACK CLACK* BOOM

 

[vegster]

There are no winners in all this except for the gun companies making millions of Dollars.

See you all here in a week or two to discuss the next horrifying gun story in the US.

 

[Hugo Rune]

Right in the face.

I believe that a training session in the US instructing teachers how to use guns and take out lethal threats would not be dissimilar to this:



In essence, you’re looking for a headshot to stop the shooter straight away before they can inflict any more damage to yourself (most importantly) or their fellow pupils. The challenge in a school is that your average 6 year old’s head presents a smaller target than an adult head. This requires specialist training as well as the right equipment, you wouldn’t be able to use any old gun to take out the kid. One would hope that the good people of the NRA would step up and support the training and gun procurement and distribution with their expertise and generosity.

And yes, a head shoot (ideally between the eyes of the child) would be required.