Thread: Shooting at L.A. Highschool

Apparently this wasn't like most school shootings, in which it wasn't planned. No, instead apparently a 17 year old had the gun in their backpack, and when they set it down on the desk it discharged, hitting 2 students (one in the head, and the other in the neck).

Third-period health class was just beginning Tuesday at Gardena High School when a 17-year-old boy walked in and set his backpack down on a desk. In the chaos that followed, accounts differed about precisely what happened. But this much was clear: A gun had discharged, apparently by accident; two students were wounded, one critically; and the campus of 3,100 was sent into a tense, frightening lockdown.

Friends of the suspect said he was not known as a violent boy, but had brought the gun to school for his own protection.

"I think he was just scared," classmate Para Ross said, "Scared of what was going to happen when he left school and took the bus home. There are a lot of gangs around here. People are dying."

The boy was interviewed by police detectives Tuesday afternoon. Law enforcement sources told The Times one of the aspects of the investigation was whether the teen, a special education student, had been bullied on his way to and from school.

Schools, violence: Two Gardena High students wounded in accidental shooting on campus - latimes.com

We need to get these illegally owned guns off the skreets.

I blame Sarah Palin's campaign fliers.

J/K....

I don't quite understand the "random" metal detectors. If they have them, they should use them...always.

Originally Posted by Toker

If he felt he needed a gun for protection against gangs for his daily trips home

I could point out his trip home would of been a lot safer without a war on drugs....

Originally Posted by Red_Lizard2

I could point out his trip home would of been a lot safer without a war on drugs....

Would have been

I have owned guns my whole life...never had an "accidental" discharge....there is no such thing