Ever heard of ricochet, or bullets passing through bodies or walls, killing innocent children? I wonder who might have been behind or near the perp?
Yeah, it is so much safer when cops start shooting FIRST in a school. /dripping sarc
I suspect that if a private citizen had done what the cops did here, that citizen would be arrested for reckless endangerment, if not murder, & rightly so.
—So, the child’s “maybe” gun is dangerous, but firing 3 shots in a school is not?—
Under the circumstances as reported, yep.
—Ever heard of ricochet, or bullets passing through bodies or walls, killing innocent children? I wonder who might have been behind or near the perp?—
Why, yes I have. Having not been on site when it happened and due to a dearth of info in the article regarding those specifics, I have no opinion on that.
—I suspect that if a private citizen had done what the cops did here, that citizen would be arrested for reckless endangerment, if not murder, & rightly so.—
Yes. A private citizen does not have the right to involve himself in such a situation UNLESS the perp is actually making threatening remarks while wielding what a reasonable person would think was a semi-automatic hand gun.
The cops find themselves in situations all the time that may have never resulted in anything had the cops not got involved. But that is because they are required to investigate and ask questions that a private citizen is not.
For the record, I normally do not defend the cops. I think the cop in Seattle should be in preison for murdering the carving indian. And don’t even get me started on that Arizona Costco incident.
But I take every one of these on a case by case basis. I agree with the cops on this one, based on what I’ve read so far.
If you want to put quotation marks around a word you should put them around “child” in your post...This guy was 15 years old, not 7 years old...he is old enough to know what he’s doing...
A pellet gun isn’t a “maybe” gun as you suggest...I could easily kill you with a pellet gun...use your computer and check out the ballistics for pellet guns...It IS NOT A TOY!!!!!!