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Eighth-grader shot dead after refusing to drop

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Eighth-grader shot dead after refusing to drop pellet gun


World | 206984 hits | Jan 04 11:50 pm | Posted by: Strutz
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Police shot and killed an eighth-year student in the hallway of his middle school Wednesday after the boy brandished what looked like a handgun and pointed it at officers. It turned out to be a pellet gun that closely resembled the real thing.

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  1. by avatar martin14
    Thu Jan 05, 2012 3:49 pm
    I can feel for the parents, and their questions,

    but the reality is we have all seen enough kids shooting up schools these days, so there is no need to treat this with kids' gloves anymore.

  2. by avatar Gunnair  Gold Member
    Thu Jan 05, 2012 3:58 pm
    Agreed. A damned shame, but if it had been a real gun, and kids got shot, a hell of a lot of much harder questions would be asked.

    Maybe the parents should focus their attention on pellet gun/toy gun makers that make products that are nearly indistinguishable from the real thing.

  3. by Regina  Gold Member
    Thu Jan 05, 2012 4:01 pm
    Definitely had social or mental issues. Fifteen years old in Grade eight and sucker punches another student then pulls out what appears to be a gun. Suicide by proxy.......

  4. by avatar Tricks
    Thu Jan 05, 2012 4:03 pm
    Incoming stupid cop bashing.

  5. by avatar Gunnair  Gold Member
    Thu Jan 05, 2012 4:04 pm
    "Regina" said
    Definitely had social or mental issues. Fifteen years old in Grade eight and sucker punches another student then pulls out what appears to be a gun. Suicide by proxy.......


    Possibly. I think I tend towards the attention getting approach with the erroneous assumption that he being a kid means he won't be shot.

    Very sad.

  6. by avatar Gunnair  Gold Member
    Thu Jan 05, 2012 4:04 pm
    "Tricks" said
    Incoming stupid cop bashing.


    Yep. :|

  7. by avatar Tricks
    Thu Jan 05, 2012 4:09 pm
    "Gunnair" said
    Agreed. A damned shame, but if it had been a real gun, and kids got shot, a hell of a lot of much harder questions would be asked.

    Maybe the parents should focus their attention on pellet gun/toy gun makers that make products that are nearly indistinguishable from the real thing.

    They're sold with orange tips by law for this reason. The kid must have removed it. Or bought it off someone that did.

  8. by avatar Brenda
    Thu Jan 05, 2012 4:18 pm
    I don't understand why toy guns that look like real ones aren't being banned...

    I certainly feel for the parents... :(

  9. by avatar PublicAnimalNo9
    Thu Jan 05, 2012 4:32 pm
    "Tricks" said
    Agreed. A damned shame, but if it had been a real gun, and kids got shot, a hell of a lot of much harder questions would be asked.

    Maybe the parents should focus their attention on pellet gun/toy gun makers that make products that are nearly indistinguishable from the real thing.

    They're sold with orange tips by law for this reason. The kid must have removed it. Or bought it off someone that did.
    I've never seen a pellet gun with an orange tip in my life.

  10. by avatar Gunnair  Gold Member
    Thu Jan 05, 2012 4:59 pm
    "PublicAnimalNo9" said
    Agreed. A damned shame, but if it had been a real gun, and kids got shot, a hell of a lot of much harder questions would be asked.

    Maybe the parents should focus their attention on pellet gun/toy gun makers that make products that are nearly indistinguishable from the real thing.

    They're sold with orange tips by law for this reason. The kid must have removed it. Or bought it off someone that did.
    I've never seen a pellet gun with an orange tip in my life.

    Yeah, me either. I don't belivee the ones being sold at crappy tire have an orange tip, and if they can be easily removed without damaging the gun, then what good would they be anyway?

  11. by avatar Strutz
    Thu Jan 05, 2012 5:08 pm
    "Gunnair" said
    They're sold with orange tips by law for this reason. The kid must have removed it. Or bought it off someone that did.

    I've never seen a pellet gun with an orange tip in my life.

    Yeah, me either. I don't belivee the ones being sold at crappy tire have an orange tip, and if they can be easily removed without damaging the gun, then what good would they be anyway?
    And what would stop someone from applying an orange tip to the real thing to make it look like a fake...

  12. by avatar Brenda
    Thu Jan 05, 2012 5:14 pm
    Nothing would stop anyone to paint a pink one black if they want to anyway...

  13. by avatar andyt
    Thu Jan 05, 2012 5:14 pm
    "Regina" said
    Definitely had social or mental issues. Fifteen years old in Grade eight and sucker punches another student then pulls out what appears to be a gun. Suicide by proxy.......


    Superintendent Carl Montoya remembered Gonzalez as "a very positive young man."

    "He did music. He worked well with everybody. Just something unfortunately happened today that caused his behaviour to go the way it went. So I don't know."


    Doesn't even sound like he was all that mental. Maybe not the brightest student, but not some sociopathic bully. Just another one of those inexplicable going off the rails. It might be suicide by proxy. Or it's like that Michael Douglas movie, forget the name.

    This is bad for everybody. I'm sure the shooters feel like shit, the family lost their kid, and everybody in the school feels less safe.

  14. by avatar Brenda
    Thu Jan 05, 2012 5:19 pm
    "andyt" said
    Definitely had social or mental issues. Fifteen years old in Grade eight and sucker punches another student then pulls out what appears to be a gun. Suicide by proxy.......


    Superintendent Carl Montoya remembered Gonzalez as "a very positive young man."

    "He did music. He worked well with everybody. Just something unfortunately happened today that caused his behaviour to go the way it went. So I don't know."


    Doesn't even sound like he was all that mental. Maybe not the brightest student, but not some sociopathic bully. Just another one of those inexplicable going off the rails. It might be suicide by proxy. Or it's like that Michael Douglas movie, forget the name.

    This is bad for everybody. I'm sure the shooters feel like shit, the family lost their kid, and everybody in the school feels less safe.
    I agree with you. If this kid can go crazy, everybody can.

    If what is said here is completely true. I can hardly imagine a 15 year old kid mowing lawns for the neighbours for free and fixing kids bikes because he likes them so much. That said, he was not some asshole that was kept an eye on, obviously...



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