Don't bring a pistol to show and tell

[seamusTX]

Victorville, CA (Los Angeles area), Jan. 7 -- A six-year-old boy was sent to the principal's office because his pants were sagging and he wasn't wearing a belt. A school employee found that the boy had a .45 pistol in his pants.

The boy said he found the pistol in the trunk of his father's car and wanted to show it to his friends. He was expelled for violating the school's weapon policy.

Police determined that the pistol had been stolen in a recent robbery. They obtained a warrant for the boy's home and found other stolen goods. The boy's father has been charged with possession of a firearm by a felon and other charges.

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- Jim

[WildBill]

Victorville, CA (Los Angeles area), Jan. 7 -- A six-year-old boy was sent to the principal's office because his pants were sagging and he wasn't wearing a belt. A school employee found that the boy had a .45 pistol in his pants.

The boy said he found the pistol in the trunk of his father's car and wanted to show it to his friends. He was expelled for violating the school's weapon policy.

Police determined that the pistol had been stolen in a recent robbery. They obtained a warrant for the boy's home and found other stolen goods. The boy's father has been charged with possession of a firearm by a felon and other charges. - Jim

School officials say they have a 'zero tolerance policy' for weapons at school and had no choice but to expel the boy.

Maybe they should give him a citation for having a felon arrested and getting some guns off the streets.

[atxgun]

When I was in 6th grade I was hanging around in the courtyard before school waiting for the bell to ring. Some kid had brought a bullet to school (not sure where how he got it). He and his friends were taking turn throwing it as hard as they could on the ground trying to make it go off. Even at that age I had enough sense to get the heck out of that area.

Luckily they were unsuccessful.

[Stupid]

When I was in 6th grade I was hanging around in the courtyard before school waiting for the bell to ring. Some kid had brought a bullet to school (not sure where how he got it). He and his friends were taking turn throwing it as hard as they could on the ground trying to make it go off. Even at that age I had enough sense to get the heck out of that area.

Luckily they were unsuccessful.

Watch mythbuster. they did an episode on this. bullets going off without a barrel are not going to do any serious damage. However, it's not to day it's a good idea doing this.

[bdickens]

Somehow, I think we've seen a glimpse into this poor boy's future.

[Morgan]

I brought a .44 Magnum to school when I was a senior in High School. Didn't cause any problem. Of course that was 1987, and I had permission to use it for a class doing a sales presentation.

Different world these days.

[atxgun]

I brought a .44 Magnum to school when I was a senior in High School. Didn't cause any problem. Of course that was 1987, and I had permission to use it for a class doing a sales presentation.

Different world these days.

So were you trying to sell the .44? I don't understand how the two relate.

[pbwalker]

I brought a .44 Magnum to school when I was a senior in High School. Didn't cause any problem. Of course that was 1987, and I had permission to use it for a class doing a sales presentation.

Different world these days.

So were you trying to sell the .44? I don't understand how the two relate.

Either that, or 'persuading' them to buy something...

[NuBer92]

[quote="pbwalker"][quote="atxgun"][quote="Morgan"]I brought a .44 Magnum to school when I was a senior in High School. Didn't cause any problem. Of course that was 1987, and I had permission to use it for a class doing a sales presentation. !!


LOL

[Morgan]

I was in a class, and the assignment was a "sales presentation of a product." My chose product was a 44 magnum. I was given permission to do so. My point is, the world sure has changed from then until now. Not long before 1987 it wouldn't be unusual to see trucks with gun racks in them in school parking lots. But today, a kid gets EXPELLED for having a BULLET. That's my only point.

[gmcretz]

When I was in 6th grade I was hanging around in the courtyard before school waiting for the bell to ring. Some kid had brought a bullet to school (not sure where how he got it). He and his friends were taking turn throwing it as hard as they could on the ground trying to make it go off. Even at that age I had enough sense to get the heck out of that area.

Luckily they were unsuccessful.

Watch mythbuster. they did an episode on this. bullets going off without a barrel are not going to do any serious damage. However, it's not to day it's a good idea doing this.

I realize that the Mythbusters do controlled testing, but I had to investigate a .50 Brownimg M-2 round that went off that almost took off a young sailor's leg. The accidental detonation happened during a machine gun download sequence (the chambered round is caught as it comes out the bottom of the gun) when the round flew by the "catchers" hands and hit the frame mounting bolts just in the right spot on the primer it went off. The sailor standing by the machine gun mount still has schrapnel in his calf because it would cause too much damage to the muscle to take out (his x-ray shows a knarled piece of brass in the muscle mass), the doctors deemed it more beneficial to him to just leave it in place. Yes, this was a one-in-a-million detonation, but it nearly cost the young man that was inside the ship his leg when the bullet went through the smoke stack and into his work space.

[TDDude]

I brought a hand grenade to class for show and tell back in elementary school. It was my father's from when he was in the army.

Had to promise the Principal that it wasn't live (it wasn't), but other than that got through the day without being arrested.

I remember doing the same thing. It had to be around 1968 or so. My dad had pulled the charge out of a hand grenade and used it as a paperweight. The only difference is that I didn't bother telling anyone before hand and the teacher didn't seem to care. I also remember taking a rifle to class for show and tell. It was my grandfather's when he was in WWI. I don't remember what it was as our house was burglarized when I was in High school and that was one of the guns taken.

Oh well,

[KD5NRH]

I realize that the Mythbusters do controlled testing, but I had to investigate a .50 Brownimg M-2 round that went off that almost took off a young sailor's leg.

.50BMG is in a whole class by itself compared to what most people consider "small arms" ammunition. Look at the powder charge weights, and you'll realize it's closer to a small cannon load than even a big game rifle.

The smallest charge I see on Hodgdon's data is 225gr; more than four times most of the .30-06 loads, and double the loads for .460WbyMag. (a cannon in its own right)

[KRM45]

Victorville, CA (Los Angeles area), Jan. 7 -- A six-year-old boy was sent to the principal's office because his pants were sagging and he wasn't wearing a belt. A school employee found that the boy had a .45 pistol in his pants.

The boy said he found the pistol in the trunk of his father's car and wanted to show it to his friends. He was expelled for violating the school's weapon policy.

Police determined that the pistol had been stolen in a recent robbery. They obtained a warrant for the boy's home and found other stolen goods. The boy's father has been charged with possession of a firearm by a felon and other charges.

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- Jim

Is it just me, or does anyone else see this as one more example where a good holster and gun belt would have saved this boy a lot of trouble...