MalloryKeaton

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Seven-Year-Old Shot When Gun In His Bookbag Goes Off In Class

By The Associated Press
(3/14/05 - COoumbus, OH) — A gun in a bookbag discharged in an elementary school classroom Monday and the second-grader who brought it was shot in the hand, police said.

The injury to the 7-year-old was not believed to be life- threatening. Police were uncertain why the gun went off.

"It happened in the classroom, just as they were taking their coats off," police Sgt. David Sicilian said.

Columbus schools did not cancel classes, but some parents took their children from Leawood Elementary School. There were 15 children in class when the .45-caliber pistol gun went off, Sicilian said.

The boy's mother "indicated she had no idea where the weapon came from," Sicilian said.

The child was taken to Children's Hospital, but the mother would not authorize the release of any information about his condition, said Amy Ranalli, a hospital spokeswoman.

Kim Bell, 46, standing outside of the school with her fourth-grade son, said teachers tried to keep the shooting quiet so not to scare the other children.

"It's a very good school, very good teachers," she said. "It's not a school a kid would bring a gun to."

(Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

LittleMilkJug

Well, a kid just did.

Mio

First off, I wanna know why he brought a gun to school.

Elizajoey

ITA Mrs. George Eads.

Secondly, I'd like to know how he got the gun considering the mother seems to have no idea.

In Fair Verona

It's sad and yet another fine example of why we seriously need tighter gun control laws. I'm also wondering exactly how he got the gun, his mother doesn't seem to know but if the gun did belong to the parents than they're obviously not careful enough to keep it out of the reach of their son. That's exactly the type of person I want owning a fire arm.

Enigma, I.C.

Why are they more worried about why it went off instead of how he got ahold of it and why he had it?

froukje

gun.control.laws.

that's all i have to say...

kids will be kids and always do stupd things, but in a society that makes it possible for a 7 year-old to even come in contact with guns the stupid things may ahve stupider consequences...

in my primary school the biggest adventure of eight years was a kid lighting a match in his pocket and setting his pants on fire.....still, rather a match than a gun!