Gun fired in Memphis school cafeteria; no one hurt

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Gun fired in Memphis school cafeteria; no one hurt
| August 22, 2013 | Updated: August 22, 2013 11:36am

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Officials say a gun went off inside a kindergartener's backpack in a Memphis school cafeteria, though no one was hurt.

A news release from the Shelby County school district Thursday says the gun went off inside the student's backpack in the cafeteria of Westside Elementary School. School staffers immediately took control of the backpack.

The school system says there was no evidence of harmful intent. However, the school has a zero-tolerance policy against guns.

School security officers and the Memphis Police Department responded quickly, and the child was taken into custody.


Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Gun-fired-in-Memphis-school-cafeteria-no-one-hurt-4752956.php?cmpid=usw

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[onehandle]

1. Find the owner. Throw them in federal prison. nt

[olddots]

2. Kindergarten !!!!!!

just another day in a world gone mad .

[Ed Suspicious]

3. To keep a loaded handgun in an accessable place in a house with children is insane. INSANE.

[enlightenment]

4. And yet,

people do it every day, and with the no tolerance policy, the child will be punished with suspension or expulsion.

sad

[Cryptoad]

5. Betchya

there is no law in Tenn that says you can't let a child run around with a loaded gun!

[sinkingfeeling]

6. NRA's introducing concealed care to younger people.

[CBGLuthier]

7. " no evidence of harmful intent." A fucking child had a loaded gun.

Who gives a shit about intent?

[Grins]

8. A future member...

A future member of our well armed militia....

[defacto7]

9. I'm just wondering if the child found it somewhere?

[CTyankee]

15. I think that is probably the case. I don't see a parent packing heat for their kindergartner...

[defacto7]

16. LOL... I'm not always sure!

I meant found it away from home, on the way to school, wherever.....

[CTyankee]

17. more than likely, they found it lying around at home, decided it would be a swell "show and tell"

item at school...I could see that happening...

[benld74]

10. the Memphis Police Department responded quickly, and the child was taken into custody???

A 5-6 year old was taken into custody?
Please Memphis!
Call the parents to the school, take THEM into custody

[leftynyc]

12. Could they have meant

custody of the state due to incredibly horrible parents?

[ileus]

11. So bullet proof backpacks aren't such a bad idea.

[valerief]

13. If only ALL the kindergarteners had guns! Gungeoneer logic. nt

[dothemath]

14. CCW permits strictly regulated in TN

You must be at least one day past you first trimester.

[rocktivity]

18. If the gun went off while in a bag, it was not "fired" by ANYONE

Let alone a five-year old.

I'm as pissed at the headline as the story itself.


rocktivity