6Year Old Shoots Teacher!!!!

[piggynose]

Another gun crime! Shouldn't the parents be held accountable?

https://youtu.be/jU0LcvoyNlI

[zebo]

This is the only thing I've bothered to read about this event, if the Americans don't care, why should I? Shootings in America are of no concern to me, if they couldn't be bothered to protect their citizens after Sandy Hook, they never will.

[douglas9401]

The point is in the wrong place.

[ZebuSanctuary]

// Your Point? //

Guns have no place in British society.

[Arksided]

Oh my smeggin’ lord the first I’ve heard of this.

[Meaghan27]

Zebu, I was not commenting on the right to carry arms, I was answering the OP by suggesting that it was the parents fault, and they should be held accountable. IF you have guns in the home then its your parental duty to teach the child to be safe around them. and keep them out of reach at all times.

[Redhelen72]

I think the point Meghan is trying to make is that many of us are brought up to respect guns and to use them safely, including in the U.K.

[Meaghan27]

^^^ thank you RedHelen, our posts crossed :-)

[Khandro]

What is always a concern for everyone living in the US is that potentially everyone might be carrying a gun.

A friend & I were once standing on an empty above-ground subway platform in New York quietly talking when a guy (in a suit) came stumbling up to us, he seemed to be deranged or drunk, & started shouting aggressive insanities at us for no apparent reason, I was terrified he might reach into his pocket & pull out a gun - which he didn't thank heavens.

If that had happened anywhere else I wouldn't have felt so concerned, it's always a worry there.

[jno]

don't worry about the drunks, Khandro, just watch out for the six-year-olds.

[Peter Pedant]

If that had happened anywhere else I wouldn't have felt so concerned, it's always a worry there.

no - beware of geek with knife
( big fellas dont need them)

[ZebuSanctuary]

// the parents fault, and they should be held accountable.//

What if the child had acquired the gun from a grandpraent?

[fender62]

obviously a revolver, makes you wonder did it have a hair trigger, little kid.. raising kids to handle firearms erm why, are parents expecting a zombie invasion, hey children..remember kill the head, if your a farmer
i get it, live stock safety from predators, just glad we don't have mass civilian gun ownership in the uk.

[theshedman]

I saw it on the news and they said it was not an accident just as jno mentioned earlier.

[sandyRoe]

Might the shooter be tried in an adult court?

[naomi24]

I wouldn’t think a six year old will stand trial in the US… but I don’t know.

[William51]

I agree with the point that the parents should be held responsible, responsible for letting a six year old have a gun and more responsible for letting him take it to his school.

[Redhelen72]

12 years old is the youngest person in American modern history to stand trial for homicide I believe

[naomi24]

William, I can’t imagine they let him take to school. I think it more likely they don’t keep it under lock and key and he’s taken it out of a drawer and put it in his schoolbag.

[William51]

You could be right Naomi, i cannot help thinking it is part of the loose careless gun culture in the US.

[naomi24]

I think they are a bit blasé about it.