San Diego police killed a 15 year old student at a school when he leveled a BB gun at the officers. Yes the child was stupid, but did anyone teach him about gun safety, or was everyone in California too scared to touch a gun, so was unwilling to teach the student that even replica guns can be dangerous, because they are, very accurate REPLICAS?
Given, there are probably many factors feeding into this, that might include poverty, general teenager stupidity, school officials that were so limited by the courts they could not function, general anti gun sentiment that now keeps people from learning how to handle a gun safely, or even suicide by Cop, but the end result was the death of a student.
Being that the incident took place in California in the most anti-gun state, and probably one of the most anti-gun regions of the state, I suspect (with of course, no evidence) he bought the gun at the local Walmart or other big box, and stupidly took it to school. Even more stupidly, thinking, hey, it's just a BB gun, no one gets hurt with one of these!
He then leveled the gun at an officer, thinking the officer could tell the difference between a real gun and a replica. The officers couldn't tell the difference, and did what they were trained to do.
The Anti's will simply say, NO ONE SHOULD HAVE ANY KIND OF GUN, EVER! and that will solve all problems. When a simpler solution is to train our children to handle a weapon properly, and most important of all, dare I say it, BE OBEDIENT to people in authority, especially when they have guns.
Please, no comments about Where was the kid's father, general impact of the welfare state, or anything critical of the officers. Could teaching the children of Gun Safety have prevented this? After all, the student was 15, he should have been mature enough to know the consequences, if he'd been taught.
Given, there are probably many factors feeding into this, that might include poverty, general teenager stupidity, school officials that were so limited by the courts they could not function, general anti gun sentiment that now keeps people from learning how to handle a gun safely, or even suicide by Cop, but the end result was the death of a student.
Being that the incident took place in California in the most anti-gun state, and probably one of the most anti-gun regions of the state, I suspect (with of course, no evidence) he bought the gun at the local Walmart or other big box, and stupidly took it to school. Even more stupidly, thinking, hey, it's just a BB gun, no one gets hurt with one of these!
He then leveled the gun at an officer, thinking the officer could tell the difference between a real gun and a replica. The officers couldn't tell the difference, and did what they were trained to do.
The Anti's will simply say, NO ONE SHOULD HAVE ANY KIND OF GUN, EVER! and that will solve all problems. When a simpler solution is to train our children to handle a weapon properly, and most important of all, dare I say it, BE OBEDIENT to people in authority, especially when they have guns.
Please, no comments about Where was the kid's father, general impact of the welfare state, or anything critical of the officers. Could teaching the children of Gun Safety have prevented this? After all, the student was 15, he should have been mature enough to know the consequences, if he'd been taught.