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14-year-old arrested with loaded gun at South Boston school, police say
By adamg on Tue, 11/28/2023 - 11:22pm
Boston Police report arresting a teen they say went to class at Up Academy, 215 Dorchester St. in South Boston with a loaded gun in his backpack today.
Police say school staff "became aware that a student might be in possession of a firearm" around 2 p.m.
School staff took the student out of class, and recovered a firearm from his backpack. School staff contacted Boston Police to take custody of the firearm. The firearm was determined to be fully loaded.
The 14-year-old, too young to have his name released, was charged with being delinquent for illegal possession of a firearm, illegal possession of ammunition and illegal possession of a firearm on school grounds, police say.
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Parents and guardians need to be punished.
Until we have mandatory penalties for parents then none of this will ever change.
The kid will be back in a week and now has "cred" among his peers.
Bringing a gun to school has become a rite of passage. And since there are never any consequences, why the hell not?
More of a civil than criminal liability
Some information to start with: https://www.findlaw.com/family/parental-rights-and-liability/parental-li...
what a world
what a world we live in when kids get 'cred' by bring killing machines to school.
I also question.. where did he get the gun? And will that person be held accountable for not having a weapon locked up. (cuz isn't that state law?!?)
Do you really think it was a legal gun?
I doubt it even had a serial number.
Did I say 'legal'
Did I say legal anywhere in my post? Nope.
they had to get it from somewhere........ guns just dont magically appear in a kids backpack, fully loaded.
You didn’t
But you were asking questions like the person he got it from was a licensed gun owner. There’s a zero percent chance of that.
And what about the person *that* person got it from?
Unless this is a home-made firearm somehow, someone in the chain of ownership here was a licensed gun owner and its fair to ask if they're being held accountable for how the gun got to this kid.
Agreed
I think everyone in the chain should get the book thrown at them. ‘Losing’ a firearm, selling an illegal firearm, and possessing an illegal firearm should all be punished to the full extent of the law. Unfortunately, that almost never happens to any of the offenders.
That was close :'(
That was close :'(
This is why
I gave to Planned Parenthood yesterday.