Gun found at Wilson

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This happened several times when I was in high school in early nineties (in Florida.) There were no metal detectors. The administration would get tipped off by a student.

I remember one time they didn't even wait for the cops. The assistant principal just went into the classroom and wrestled the kid to the ground. You gotta love Florida!

Yes, and I'll bet that the student was expelled from the school and prosecuted. This is exactly what should happen here, but it probably won't. At least the new Wilson principal didn't cover it up the way her predecessor might have done. But all this student will probably get is a short suspension and an opportunity for counselling while the community is asked for "understanding."

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My wilson kid said it was found in a bacpack in a locker and someone who knew about it went to an adult.

Parents will definitely go in lock, stock and barrel to insist on how there could be such breech in security.

Just a shot in the dark but doors are open and security is nonexistent early in the am when i drop my kid off for before school activities.

At least kids are starting to understand the "if you see something, say something" mantra. Thank goodness a child went to an adult.

My son heard that the kid with the gun posted a picture of it on SnapChat. That's third or fourth hand though, so not necessarily true.

The kid showed the gun to a girl who posted it on Snapchat. Then it got to the APs who confronted the kid.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My wilson kid said it was found in a bacpack in a locker and someone who knew about it went to an adult.

Parents will definitely go in lock, stock and barrel to insist on how there could be such breech in security.

Just a shot in the dark but doors are open and security is nonexistent early in the am when i drop my kid off for before school activities.

At least kids are starting to understand the "if you see something, say something" mantra. Thank goodness a child went to an adult.

My son heard that the kid with the gun posted a picture of it on SnapChat. That's third or fourth hand though, so not necessarily true.

Good lord. Well, the power of social media has done us some good this time, I guess.

[Anonymous]

"A school system spokeswoman said that the gun was found in a classroom and apparently got through the school’s security measures, which include metal detectors at the entrances."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/gun-found-in-students-book-bag-at-dcs-wilson-high-school/2015/12/01/38578eec-9866-11e5-b499-76cbec161973_story.html

Har har, that's so funny!

[Anonymous]

I wonder if it was a real gun. Those airsoft pellet guns look pretty realistic. That's what got the kid in Cleveland shot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if it was a real gun. Those airsoft pellet guns look pretty realistic. That's what got the kid in Cleveland shot.

Shouldn't the metal detector operator still have stopped that, if it was that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if it was a real gun. Those airsoft pellet guns look pretty realistic. That's what got the kid in Cleveland shot.

Shouldn't the metal detector operator still have stopped that, if it was that?

If you have ever seen the morning stream of kids, I am not surprised something got through. There is a lot happening in a very short time.

[Anonymous]

Son of a gun! Snapchat done good this time.

[Anonymous]

My DC knows the young man who had the gun, says he's smart and funny but been very withdrawn this year. I am glad the gun was reported, and no one was hurt. I hope the youngster gets the help he needs, someplace other than Wilson

[Anonymous]

I hope they expel the culprit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DC knows the young man who had the gun, says he's smart and funny but been very withdrawn this year. I am glad the gun was reported, and no one was hurt. I hope the youngster gets the help he needs, someplace other than Wilson

Very disturbing. Kid needs help and expulsion.

[Anonymous]

Unless the child lives outside of the Wilson boundary, he must be expelled in order to send a message to others. I was with my 81 year old mom when I received the message about the gun, her reply, "…well it's probably just the first time someone was caught with one!". Now THAT is a scary thought!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unless the child lives outside of the Wilson boundary, he must be expelled in order to send a message to others. I was with my 81 year old mom when I received the message about the gun, her reply, "…well it's probably just the first time someone was caught with one!". Now THAT is a scary thought!

So you're saying that if he lives outside the Wilson boundary, he should be allowed to stay?! Just to be welcoming.

[Anonymous]

Puns. Not Guns.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Given the number of mass school shootings in the US this year, I don't find this amusing at all. Kind of hard to believe that so many of you do.

Not a PP - I love dumb puns and would not normally be one to be a wet blanket / overly PC, but also didn't find this thread funny. This is alarming, and not that far from dead children and teachers.

So, you're silenced?