Posted on 06/10/2014 3:45:34 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The mother of a 12-year-old Connecticut boy has been arrested after police say her son brought a grenade to school for a show-and-tell related to 70th anniversary of D-Day
Lisa Miguel, of Stratford, was charged with risk of injury to a minor, reckless endangerment and illegal possession of an explosive.
Stratford Academy was placed on lockdown Friday. Students were sent to the back of the school. A bomb squad determined the grenade was a simulator used for training and still had the pin inside.
(Excerpt) Read more at newyork.cbslocal.com ...
I hope that the mother employs a good attorney and sues the pants off of these idiots.
bttt
had one in my bug out bag.
that should keep the heads down for about an hour.
$5 bucks at Sportsmanguild.com
It sank in my boating accident.
Sure doesn’t sound like a “huge” firecracker. Maybe a little pop. That’s it. I can’t imagine getting hurt except maybe putting it in your mouth or the open end up to your eye.
So not very dangerous except with young school age children, which in this case qualifies.
But really no worst than a black cat. Really smaller than that. Just a little pop and a little smoke. Not great for a classroom though but it’s not a destructive device so I am not sure that it is against the law to own one (somebody smarter than me may say different).
“I hope that the mother employs a good attorney and sues the pants off of these idiots.”
The mother is the idiot for allowing a possibly dangerous device into the hands of children.
I bet these administrators’ heads would explode if a kid brought in candy cigarettes.
Candy joint OTOH would of course be OK.
I disagree, but feel free to hide under your desk.
Like a pencil, a bicycle, a car, a scooter, a knife, a fork, a ball, a rock ...
You're the one who called the cops the last time, right?
LOL, I appreciate your point, but that really wasn’t a great example.
Maybe if it was a FRIEND of your 17 year old...
LOL...
OH, yeah, right, it was his friend. The one I don’t like!
Indeed. Wasn't aware of that. Thanks.
Read the article and NOWHERE does an official state that the device was indeed an explosive. If it is not an explosive then none of the charges are valid. Most devices such as this INDICATE they are trainers/simulators etc.
:)
“So, what explosive did she have in her possession that would warrant charges of risk of injury to a minor, reckless endangerment and illegal possession of an explosive?
Inquiring minds want to know. “
In the new safer world you don’t actually have to have done something to be charged, it’s the thought that counts.
Yeah, it’s just a small blasting cap mechanically fired when the spoon is released. Just enough energy to set off the main charge after a few seconds of fuse burn.
A shoe, a staircase, a wall, a roof, a tree, a sidewalk, a sheet of paper ...
After all this, though, we’ve had no broken bones (other than my toes, totally my own fault), and one row of stitches, unfortunately right down the center of Frank’s forehead. (The wall.) Tom had an Urgent Care visit for a bicycle wreck, but his arm was only wrenched and bruised, not broken. He was able to do the Mile Swim a few days later.
State Police say simulator grenades can combust and cause injuries within a 20-foot radius.
grin
One of my sisters walked under a teeter-totter when she was a child, and it came down on her head. Ouch! Only one of my siblings ever suffered a broken bone, and she was hit by a car.
Childhood is only safe for the young. No adult would survive it.
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