02-23-2012, 04:11 PM
Will there be apologies from cbelt and kj about their assertions that the gun isn't the very specific problem here?
Apparently this student had no violent intent, at least not at the moment towards this particular child.
The gun went off accidentally while inside a backpack.
I can't remember the last time a knife did that.
Absent the gun, this girl is in class today, smiling with her friends.
Insert gun into picture, she's in intensive care.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/home/index.html
"But moments before the end of school, a single gunshot was fired in a third-grade classroom, striking 8-year-old Amina Bowman. The girl was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where she remains listed in critical condition this morning.
Bremerton police believe the shooting was accidental.
Another student had brought the loaded handgun to school, police said. The handgun accidentally discharged while it was in the boy's backpack, and the bullet struck Amina, police said.
Police said a handgun was recovered in the classroom.
The student who took the handgun to school has been booked into the Kitsap County Juvenile Detention Center for investigation of unlawful possession of a firearm, bringing a dangerous weapon onto school grounds and third-degree assault.
Investigators are trying to determine where the boy obtained the handgun."
Apparently this student had no violent intent, at least not at the moment towards this particular child.
The gun went off accidentally while inside a backpack.
I can't remember the last time a knife did that.
Absent the gun, this girl is in class today, smiling with her friends.
Insert gun into picture, she's in intensive care.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/home/index.html
"But moments before the end of school, a single gunshot was fired in a third-grade classroom, striking 8-year-old Amina Bowman. The girl was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where she remains listed in critical condition this morning.
Bremerton police believe the shooting was accidental.
Another student had brought the loaded handgun to school, police said. The handgun accidentally discharged while it was in the boy's backpack, and the bullet struck Amina, police said.
Police said a handgun was recovered in the classroom.
The student who took the handgun to school has been booked into the Kitsap County Juvenile Detention Center for investigation of unlawful possession of a firearm, bringing a dangerous weapon onto school grounds and third-degree assault.
Investigators are trying to determine where the boy obtained the handgun."