Another school shooting

[Hawkmoon]

Los Angeles, CA. Two students wounded, one adult injured, shooter (female student) in custody.

http://ktla.com/2018/02/01/2-students-may-have-been-shot-in-classroom-in-westlake-district-authorities-say/

I'm so glad we have laws that prohibit guns in schools. It makes everyone SOOOOO much safer.

In other news, the usual suspects are claiming that the Benton, KY, school shooting was the eleventh school shooting this year. Once again, the devil is in the details. Running down three of their alleged "school shootings," I found that nobody was injured in any of them. In one, the window of a school bus was broken by a pellet from a BB gun. (Not clear if the bus was on or off school property at the time of the incident.)

The other two involved stray shots from off the school property breaking windows, with no injuries. Since the aw-thaw-rih-tays have not found any suspects, there's no way to know whether those shots were intentionally aimed at the schools, or of they were accidental.

Yet another incident took place January 22 in New Orleans. In that incident, a shooter fired from a pickup truck on the street. Nobody was shot, but one student suffered an abrasion (probably from hitting the dirt). Again, no suspects.

None of this matters to the gun banners -- to them they're all "school shootings" and they use them to inflate their statistics.

[makattak]

Female shooter is highly unusual.

[230RN]

"Running down three of their alleged "school shootings," I found that nobody was injured in any of them. In one, the window of a school bus was broken by a pellet from a BB gun."

How did they know the bus window was "shot" with a BB gun?

 Yes, you're right.  Anything that can be bent to fit the agenda is "evidence."

[Hawkmoon]

Does anyone have any updated information on the Benton, Kentucky, shooting in January? I need to find out whether or not the gun was obtained legally.

[Hawkmoon]

How did they know the bus window was "shot" with a BB gun?

I don't have a link to the article, but I was paraphrasing. I think the article actually said that the window was "broken" by a round from a "pellet gun." I assume either they found the BB, or the breakage was the typical, tiny hole that results when you shoot a pane of glass with a BB gun. (Of course, I don't have any first-hand knowledge of what such holes might look like.)

[French G.]

Female shooter is highly unusual.

Not in a Hispanic gang. We'll see if the facts support my supposition.

[Angel Eyes]

Not in a Hispanic gang. We'll see if the facts support my supposition.

In that part of Los Angeles, it is a distinct possibility.


ETA:  latest report indicates that the suspect is twelve years old.

[Hawkmoon]

In that part of Los Angeles, it is a distinct possibility.


ETA:  latest report indicates that the suspect is twelve years old.

Just another kid looking for a little "respect."

[RoadKingLarry]

Female shooter is highly unusual.

That misogynistic

[Chester32141]

I've only seen one photo of the girl and she appears to be a very mature 12 yrs old ...  

http://www.latimes.com/resizer/-QYYzZGkTi89CUKcV9KFGAXA_ck=/1400x0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tronc.s3.amazonaws.com/public/F2A3KQ5FABFANNL3PPHWEXLYRQ.jpg

[Hawkmoon]

I thought the reports were that the shooter was 15.

[Pb]

The shooting was supposedly "not intentional."

[Hawkmoon]

The shooting was supposedly "not intentional."

Article?

So it was another example of a smart gun, that knows how to fire itself with no human intervention?

[K Frame]

I have it on good authority from some of my liberal friends that there have actually been 53 million school shootings this year so far with eleventy trillion deal chillruns, and that Trump and the NRA are covering it up.

[Pb]

Article?

So it was another example of a smart gun, that knows how to fire itself with no human intervention?

Says so in the main article now:

http://ktla.com/2018/02/01/2-students-may-have-been-shot-in-classroom-in-westlake-district-authorities-say/

[Hawkmoon]

Confirmation, of a sort:

http://www.newser.com/story/254890/cops-la-school-shooting-was-accidental.html

She claims she didn't know it was loaded. Could be true. If so, this is part of the problem with the liberal paranoia regarding guns. G-d forbid we should teach kids how to know when a gun is [EEK!] loaded. Or that loaded guns can "go off" if you drop them.

 

[Hawkmoon]

Here's a sample of why kids who are bullied may end up bringing a gun to school:

http://www.newser.com/story/254875/teen-suspended-over-viral-anti-bullying-video.html

Girl records a video against bullying. School suspends girl for either (a) inciting violence, or (b) recording in a classroom without permission -- after school. But, the school says she wasn't suspended for inciting violence, and a coach has confirmed that she DID have permission.

So ... why was she suspended, again? I know why (to my satisfaction):

Johnson [Wilson County Schools spokesperson Jennifer Johnson] adds that it's "patently false" to say Gipson was punished for inciting violence and there's "no evidence whatsoever" that the student who died was bullied, despite the claims of other students.

That's what happened when my adopted daughter was bullied in our local high school to the extent that she had a nervous breakdown. The school simply stonewalled, denied, and said it never happened. The problem is that the schools have no answer to bullying, they don't want word to get out that it happens and that they don't know how to deal with it ... so they just ignore it, bury it, cover it up, and when someone mentions it (as this young lady did) ... shoot the messenger.

[Angel Eyes]

Confirmation, of a sort:

http://www.newser.com/story/254890/cops-la-school-shooting-was-accidental.html

"I didn't mean to. I had the gun in my backpack and I didn't know it was loaded and my backpack fell and the gun went off." He says the girl "doesn't do bad things, she just stays quiet."

She brought a SIG P320 to school?  That explains it.

Still having difficulty believing a single accidental gunshot wounded five people, one of them critically.

(yes, I know a couple were hit with broken glass, but still ...)

[Jim147]

Guess that weapon wasn't California drop safe.

[Hawkmoon]

She brought a SIG P320 to school?  That explains it.

Still having difficulty believing a single accidental gunshot wounded five people, one of them critically.

(yes, I know a couple were hit with broken glass, but still ...)

Only two were wounded. The other three were injured in the scramble to get out of Dodge.

[Perd Hapley]

G-d forbid we should teach kids how to know when a gun is [EEK!] loaded. Or that loaded guns can "go off" if you drop them.

 

If they've seen enough movies and television, they know that guns fire when dropped, about 50% of the time.

[MechAg94]

Here's a sample of why kids who are bullied may end up bringing a gun to school:

http://www.newser.com/story/254875/teen-suspended-over-viral-anti-bullying-video.html

Girl records a video against bullying. School suspends girl for either (a) inciting violence, or (b) recording in a classroom without permission -- after school. But, the school says she wasn't suspended for inciting violence, and a coach has confirmed that she DID have permission.

So ... why was she suspended, again? I know why (to my satisfaction):

That's what happened when my adopted daughter was bullied in our local high school to the extent that she had a nervous breakdown. The school simply stonewalled, denied, and said it never happened. The problem is that the schools have no answer to bullying, they don't want word to get out that it happens and that they don't know how to deal with it ... so they just ignore it, bury it, cover it up, and when someone mentions it (as this young lady did) ... shoot the messenger.

Yep.  When kids get put under that kind of pressure, it can lead to some decision making that people don't want to think about.  They need guidance and often the adults around them aren't there. 

[RoadKingLarry]

Schools suck at protecting the kids getting bullied. I can't understand the mentality that allows it.

http://www.newson6.com/story/36674868/muskogee-mom-says-sexual-assault-of-son-is-being-swept-under-rug

This case is still going on since September and the school is still stonewalling the investigation.
Championship level football team at stake so...

http://www.newson6.com/story/37229646/investigator-4-bixby-high-school-football-players-admit-to-sexually-assaulting-teammate

[Hawkmoon]

Schools suck at protecting the kids getting bullied. I can't understand the mentality that allows it.

The teachers and administrators are too busy chasing down kids to make pop tarts into shapes that look like guns. They can't be everywhere, you know.

[TommyGunn]

Schools suck at protecting the kids getting bullied. I can't understand the mentality that allows it.

http://www.newson6.com/story/36674868/muskogee-mom-says-sexual-assault-of-son-is-being-swept-under-rug

This case is still going on since September and the school is still stonewalling the investigation.
Championship level football team at stake so...

http://www.newson6.com/story/37229646/investigator-4-bixby-high-school-football-players-admit-to-sexually-assaulting-teammate

Things have changed since I was there.

Yea,  I had a few incidents as a youth with bullying.  Bact in the  late 1960s-early '70s  though the school authoriies,  while not always being omniscient,  actively did STOMP DOWN BULLYING  when ever and where ever they could find it.  No tolerance.  No looking away,  no pc crapola.

Wow....things change.....