U.S. kindergarten kid suspended for making gun with hand

[Malthus]

Mason Jammer would be an awesome porn star name. 

Or storage jars.

For Cal, often more or less the same thing. 

[Ed Anger]

Mason Jammer would be an awesome porn star name. 

Or storage jars.

This is not about Greece.

I knew somebody would get the Monty Python joke.

[HVC]

Mason Jammer would be an awesome porn star name. 

Or storage jars.

For Cal, often more or less the same thing. 

I first read that as Carl and got very confused

[Caliga]

I think you guys are confusing me with one of my college roommates.  Of course, I realize it's funnier if it was me. 

[BuddhaRhubarb]

Hilarious. Who exactly are the morons in charge of schools these days. When i was six if they suspended every kid who made a gun shape with his/her hand, they would have empty classrooms... hmmm

maybe they are trying to combat classroom overcrowding by suspending kids who do anything other than color inside the lines and nod their heads politely when spoken to?

weird.

[HVC]

Hilarious. Who exactly are the morons in charge of schools these days. When i was six if they suspended every kid who made a gun shape with his/her hand, they would have empty classrooms... hmmm

maybe they are trying to combat classroom overcrowding by suspending kids who do anything other than color inside the lines and nod their heads politely when spoken to?

weird.

Blame the parents, or more accurately, blame the parenst lawyers

[Malthus]

Mason Jammer would be an awesome porn star name. 

Or storage jars.

For Cal, often more or less the same thing. 

I first read that as Carl and got very confused

Naw, Carl's now 4.

He's both too old and too young to find huge boobs fascinating. 

[CountDeMoney]

Leave it to the lil' tykes of Mobtown to do it right.

8-year-old arrested for bringing loaded gun to school

An 8-year-old boy has been arrested for bringing a loaded 9-mm handgun to his elementary school, according to a report at the Investigative Voice. The gun was discovered at about 3 p.m. Thursday at Sharp Leadenahall Elementary School in South Baltimore, which is located between Federal Hill and M&T Bank Stadium, after a teacher overheard the student threatening to shoot a classmate, the site reported.

"This is a tragedy for everyone but it could have been a lot worse," Jonathan T. Brice, executive director of student support for the city school system, told the web site.


UPDATE, 11:40 p.m.: The city schools system just released a statement, confirming that a third-grader at Sharp Leadenhall Elementary was arrested Thursday for possession of a loaded .380 caliber handgun. School staff determined that the student was acting suspiciously and began closely monitoring the student's behavior, eventually searching his backpack and contacting school police to retrieve the weapon. The student was arrested and transported to the Department of Juvenile Services.

Schools and city police are conducting an investigation to determine the gun owner and the purchase origin of the weapon before determining if charges should be filed against others that may have contributed to the student coming into possession of the handgun.

In addition to being arrested, school officials said the student may face "extended suspension" or expulsion following "due process."

Sharp-Leadenhall Elementary has been described as a school attended exclusively by special education students. As of the 2008-2009 school year, it had just 66 students enrolled.

[garbon]

They tackled that problem.

Is a child walking around with a hands a normal sight in the US? I mean, I suppose it's not something you can easily conceal, and the way the story is presented, the kid simply walked to the victims and then made his hand into a pistol - it's surprising no one tackled him by then.

[Scipio]

Leave it to the lil' tykes of Mobtown to do it right.

8-year-old arrested for bringing loaded gun to school

An 8-year-old boy has been arrested for bringing a loaded 9-mm handgun to his elementary school, according to a report at the Investigative Voice. The gun was discovered at about 3 p.m. Thursday at Sharp Leadenahall Elementary School in South Baltimore, which is located between Federal Hill and M&T Bank Stadium, after a teacher overheard the student threatening to shoot a classmate, the site reported.

"This is a tragedy for everyone but it could have been a lot worse," Jonathan T. Brice, executive director of student support for the city school system, told the web site.


UPDATE, 11:40 p.m.: The city schools system just released a statement, confirming that a third-grader at Sharp Leadenhall Elementary was arrested Thursday for possession of a loaded .380 caliber handgun. School staff determined that the student was acting suspiciously and began closely monitoring the student's behavior, eventually searching his backpack and contacting school police to retrieve the weapon. The student was arrested and transported to the Department of Juvenile Services.

Schools and city police are conducting an investigation to determine the gun owner and the purchase origin of the weapon before determining if charges should be filed against others that may have contributed to the student coming into possession of the handgun.

In addition to being arrested, school officials said the student may face "extended suspension" or expulsion following "due process."

Sharp-Leadenhall Elementary has been described as a school attended exclusively by special education students. As of the 2008-2009 school year, it had just 66 students enrolled.

Given typical gangsta fire discipline, he'd have had trouble hitting the broad side of a barn, unless it was painted like a cop.