2 moms pull out guns during argument at Missouri elementary school

[Nevilledog]

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Two Missouri moms pulled their guns on one another during a road rage argument outside an elementary school. After one woman took her gun out, the other woman said, “I got one for you, too.” No arrests have been made. #moleg https://ksdk.com/article/news/local/hazelwood-parents-bring-gun-school/63-858a7bac-0311-4c92-8471-c2770c2c7716…

2 moms pull out guns during argument at Hazelwood elementary school
Nobody was hurt during the incident in the parking lot
ksdk.com
7:30 PM · Sep 15, 2021

https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/hazelwood-parents-bring-gun-school/63-858a7bac-0311-4c92-8471-c2770c2c7716

HAZELWOOD, Mo. — Two moms pulled out their guns during an argument outside of a Hazelwood elementary school during drop-off Tuesday morning.

Nobody was hurt during the incident in the parking lot at McNair Elementary School, according to a press release from the school district.

The parents involved have been identified and the district is taking "swift action."

Hazelwood police said it started when one of the parents cut off another in the drop-off lanes.
One of the moms walked to the car of the other woman to apologize, saying it was an accident, according to Hazelwood Police Capt. James Hudanick. The argument became heated and the woman inside the car pulled out a gun.

"Mom outside the vehicle says, 'I got one for you, too,' and goes to retrieve her firearm," Hudanick told 5 On Your Side.

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[Hoyt]

1. Two gun-humping men would have shot each other and a few innocents.

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2. Before I click on the links I'm guessing the two women...

brandishing firearms are white, as no arrest were made. I'll amend this post if I'm wrong but I don't think I'll have to.

[Sherman A1]

21. Not necessarily

This school is not to far from my home and the area is diverse. A few miles from Ferguson.

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38. Let's be real. If they were Black or other POC there would've been...

arrests. Brandishing firearms is a crime.

[Sherman A1]

39. How do you know that they were not

A person of color?

[brush]

40. There were no arrests. We live in America. You're not aware of white privilege?

[Sherman A1]

41. I am aware of white privilege and

Living in the area of the incident I’m also somewhat aware of the demographics around here.

[brush]

42. Ok, you live close. Find out if they were white or POC and...

if there were follow up arrests and get back to us.

[Sherman A1]

44. No,

If you are that interested, you are free to do your own research.

[brush]

46. Drop it then. Judging from the many events in the nation recently...

and over the years, I'm pretty sure of the answer. I'm not naive.

[Sherman A1]

48. I'm not naive either

But you are making many assumptions without much in the way of knowledge. So feel free to take your own advice and just drop it then…….

[Mr.Bill]

43. Because they're not dead. n/t

[Sherman A1]

45. Yawn

[RANDYWILDMAN]

57. Exactly

[BidenRocks]

3. We live in a dangerous country

At a dangerous time.
Travel? I think not.
Happy in Ca.

[SoCalDavidS]

11. Welcome To DU! nt

[Grasswire2]

5. Burnin' Bloomers!

A great new expletive!

[KY_EnviroGuy]

6. What a horrible example for young children.

One or both women should be banned from that school's property, IMO.

Isn't it amazing how we got along just fine when I was a kid in school and no parents picked up their kids in private vehicles. We either walked, rode a bike or rode the school bus. Possible exceptions were when a kid was sick or kids with disabilities.

We're drowning in our own wasteful hubris and exceptionalism.

KY......

[xmas74]

9. Most districts no longer have enough buses or drivers

For every student to ride.

As to walking/bike riding: fine when we still had neighborhood schools but many no longer have that option. My daughter was centrally located but we have kindergarteners who would need to walk a few miles,often while crossing busy intersections. These intersections have become more dangerous at least in my city where so many aren't paying attention while on their smartphone.

My daughter qualified one year for the bus. It took three and a half hours to get home when her school was a mile and a half away. She stopped riding after the first week and I worked out a schedule with another single mom friend. I worked very early so I dropped her off at the friend's house. She fed them and dropped them off at school. I got off just in time to pick them up.

The bus and walking situation is nothing like it was when I was young.

[Straw Man]

19. More than that ...

One or both women should be banned from that school's property, IMO.

How about arrested? Brandishing is an offense, even in Missouri. Basically, it involves presenting a gun in a "threatening or angry manner" when not actively engaged in self-defense. It sounds like an appropriate charge here.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

29. Good point about the brandishing......

and from a moral standpoint, showing a weapon of any type says "I'm not adult enough to address this issue by rational, common-sense means".

I'm old enough to remember when in the country towns where I was raised, absolutely no one carried a pistol except for the town cop and it never entered our minds to want one.

KY

[Maraya1969]

7. Their children must be so proud.

[NH Ethylene]

8. Those school drop-off lanes really are the Wild West.

When my kids were in high school I used to tell them to meet me up the road about 1/4 mile so I could avoid the fray. Boy did they hate that. You would've thought I told them to walk the 10 miles to home!

[ret5hd]

28. Uphill! In the snow!

Oh, the stories they will have for their children!

[brush]

47. Yep, that distance is sure to get exaggerarated.

Why I had to walk up hill and in the snow both ways.

[ProfessorGAC]

49. You Forgot...

...into the wind & with the sun in their eyes!

[brush]

50. Yes. Absolutely.

[ret5hd]

51. Had to carry a warm potato to keep...

their fingers from getting frostbite…and then have the potato for lunch.

[brush]

53. Heehee. Good one. First I've heard of the potato hardship.

[ret5hd]

54. That's actually a real one...

from my mother and siblings (10 total)…very very rural, very very poor, raised by a very strong single mother. The story told and laughed about, but the laughs were of a nature that let you know that this story was more real than not.

[lame54]

10. Dula ula oo - wah wah wah

[Crunchy Frog]

12. You couldn't pay me enough to set foot in the deep South.

They really should be their own separate country.

[Treefrog]

14. Missouri is not the "Deep South."

Smh.

[Progressive Jones]

16. Savage yokels litter our entire nation. nt

[Sherman A1]

25. These "yokels" as you call them

Are located in North St. Louis Country which is ethnically very diverse. Just a few miles from Ferguson, MO.

[Progressive Jones]

31. Pulling out a firearm in a school drop off line makes one a savage yokel. nt

[Sherman A1]

32. Careful with the name calling

When you know not of what you speak.

[Judi Lynn]

27. It was a disgusting pro-slavery state.

History of slavery in Missouri

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_slavery_in_Missouri

[Captain Zero]

18. Might as well be...

Same with Indiana.

[Sherman A1]

23. No it isn't

It has been taken over in Jefferson City by the out state crowd to be certain.

[Behind the Aegis]

24. Right!?

Regionalism is a bigotry very much embraced by the left. We hear screeching when it is about "latte liberals" of the NE or the Pacific NW, but they are so willing to "sell off" the South, even though some of the most vile groups are outside of the "deep South". Frankly, I think it is latent racial racism.

[Sherman A1]

26. Agreed

Very much agreed

[Paladin]

34. "Latent racial racism"

Can I use that one, next time yet another Blind Texas Hatred thread pops up?

[Treefrog]

37. Spot on.

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

13. Pistol packin' mama's, new reality series on FX this fall!

[wnylib]

15. Pulling out guns in a school parking lot

with kids around - sounds like reckless endangerment charges are in order.

And now the other parents know who to keep their kids away from.

[Captain Zero]

17. The Show Me State

Show me your gun, and I'll show you mine, Bitch!

[orleans]

20. didn't get their morning coffee?

nah--just a couple of assholes

[Sherman A1]

22. For those thinking this is a bunch from a rural area in Missouri

I would advise that the school is in North St. Louis County. This area diverse and includes a somewhat familiar area called Ferguson.

[Treefrog]

52. Thank you.

[marie999]

30. Is it legal to have a weapon on school property there?

[Aristus]

33. F*****G Missouri, man...

Never set foot in that state again...

[Hotler]

35. That is super scary, Karen's with guns. nt

[Wingus Dingus]

36. Trashy.

[KentuckyWoman]

55. Fruits & Veggies

Needs added to that sign. Good sign though.
The Moms need to have the full experience with the justice system and a break from being anywhere near schools, parks etc where lots of kids and parents gather.

[Red Mountain]

56. They should at the very least be disarmed

[XanaDUer2]

59. Yes nt