Loaded gun was inside kindergartner's backpack at North Carolina school, district says

[Diamond_Dog]

A teacher found a loaded gun inside a kindergartner’s backpack, sparking an investigation in North Carolina, officials said.

The handgun was discovered Monday morning at Tanglewood Elementary School in Lumberton, roughly 95 miles south of Raleigh, according to Public Schools of Robeson County.

“District Administrators are deeply troubled by this incident due to the age of the student and what could have taken place if the teacher did not take proper action once discovering the handgun,” district spokesperson Glen Burnette said in an email.

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The weapon found in the bookbag was the fourth loaded gun discovered on the Robeson County district’s campuses since the start of the school year. Two were at Lumberton Senior High School, and one was in a car outside Purnell Swett High School, officials said.

https://www.arcamax.com/currentnews/newsheadlines/s-2576870

******What the ever-lovin ??? is going on here?!

[struggle4progress]

1. "I didn't know the gun was loaded"

[MagickMuffin]

2. 4th gun found just this year

Crazy (I'm at a loss for words)!

[Trueblue1968]

3. link ???

[Diamond_Dog]

4. Oops, sorry! Fixed it.

[Hekate]

8. Please explain how this applies to a kindergartener

[jpak]

9. Yeah

Guns in kindergarten

America fuck yeah

[gratuitous]

6. They're "deeply troubled"? Why on earth would that be?

The lesson we strive tirelessly to inculcate into our society is might makes right and that any problem will yield to the liberal application of violence. We spent 20 years in Afghanistan demonstrating our deep commitment to violence, and here's a 5-year-old who has gotten with the program. If we want our children to learn a different lesson, adults should at the very least be modeling the behavior we prefer to see in those children.

[DURHAM D]

7. Just another Kindergarten NRA event.