Woman walked into Philly high school with gun in a diaper bag, police say

Associated Press ^ | January 10, 2013

[ConservativeStatement]

A woman is behind bars after police say she tried to walk inside a Philadelphia high school with a loaded gun in a diaper bag.

A school district spokesman says the adult woman, identified as 21-year-old Kelly Jones, was entering South Philadelphia High School on Thursday to register for evening classes when school police at the X-ray machine spotted the .40 caliber Smith & Wesson semi-automatic handgun.

[NEMDF]

Did she have a baby with her, or why was she carrying a diaper bag around?

[philetus]

I think she should have had the presence of mind to know she had a gun in her diaper bag before she went through a metal detector

[ConservativeStatement]

This is from another Philly.com article:

Jones was with her infant and an aunt at the school Thursday morning, Nodiff said, and the child is now in the aunt's custody.

http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20130111_Woman_arrested_for_carrying_loaded_gun_into_S__Philly_High.html

[EEGator]

[stuartcr]

Probably not. I imagine she got it cheap for protection, but what else could they do, especially today?

[stuartcr]

right, armed volunteer parents that want to spend 40+hrs/wk walking around a school...for free

[muawiyah]

People in Philadelphia need to be armed ~ put an end to this sort of nonsense.

[stuartcr]

don’t you think manufacturers should use serial numbers on their products? what kind of business does that? how would any warranty work be done, or repairs, or inventories?

[cripplecreek]

I think if I buy something and choose to remove the serial number from my property, its my business.

[stuartcr]

doesn’t really fit the picture of the responsible gun owner/carrier that so many freepers talk about, does it?

[stuartcr]

How does that work for repairs or warranty work or re-sale? How many of your weapons don’t have serial numbers now?

[cripplecreek]

Those are my problems and no one else’s.

[stuartcr]

good for you

[GingisK]

Serial numbers and permits are an infringement in my opinion.

Serial number ranges is how you can be notified of potential malfunctions and factory corrections to those mechanical problems. Registering them with the government is another matter.

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[dragnet2]

Oh, that's right...Impossible, impractical, old fashioned...Must use big government...Big government has all the solutions...

Good thinken stu...

[stuartcr]

Tell ya what, we’ll get back to this and see how the whole volunteer thing does and have another discussion on it.

[dragnet2]

Give your local government a call. They'll give ya some advise stu and let ya know if they would authorize this. They have all the answers!

Just be sure to press 1 for English!

[stuartcr]

Please see my last