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Guns, Useful in Schools?
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Teen arrested after holding Lakewood High class at knifepoint
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An expelled high school student was arrested at gunpoint Monday after briefly threatening a Lakewood High School classroom with two long kitchen knives, the Snohomish County sheriffOs office said.
No one was injured.
The teen approached one girl in the English class of 20 sophomores, Opinned her in a corner and threatened her life,O sheriffOs spokeswoman Jan Jorgensen said.
She said the boy had been harassing the girl, and a report on the harassment previously had been filed with the sheriffOs office. The male student was expelled from the Arlington school Feb. 12 after he wrote six anonymous letters to the girl that used increasingly violent language, KING-TV reported.
The boyOs father told KING he had been unaware of the letters until February. He said his son had been attending weekly counseling sessions since then.
A letter written by the school counselor, Dr. Terry Whitman, warned of Oan extremely high likelihood the respondent will kill someone if he does not receive intensive counseling,O KING5 reported.
Before MondayOs confrontation ended, the teen threatened another girl in the classroom, then threatened Principal Catherine Matthews with the 10-inch and 12-inch chefOs knives when Matthews entered and tried to defuse the situation, Jorgensen said.
OIt was a very tense, very serious situation with an armed subject. ThatOs why the school resource officer walked in with his gun drawn,O Jorgensen said.
The teen surrendered to the resource officer - Deputy Mike Anderson - who is assigned full time to the Lakewood School District.
The school was locked down for about 1-1/2 hours after MondayOs incident, which began shortly after 9:30 a.m., district Superintendent Kristine McDuffy said. She said the actual knife-brandishing lasted a few minutes.
McDuffy said students OabsolutelyO were shaken up, Obut our staff and students responded very appropriately, exceptionally well.O
All parents in the district were sent a letter describing what had happened.
OObviously, this is a very unfortunate situation and many students may be affected,O said the letter, signed by McDuffy and Lakewood High School Principal Matthews.
OOur counselors, school psychologists and other support teams have already been working with several students. They will continue to be available. Please let us know if your son or daughter would like to meet with them,O the letter said.
Students were allowed to go home with a parent if they chose. Classes resumed by about 11:15 a.m., McDuffy said.
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"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
The Associated Press
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An expelled high school student was arrested at gunpoint Monday after briefly threatening a Lakewood High School classroom with two long kitchen knives, the Snohomish County sheriffOs office said.
No one was injured.
The teen approached one girl in the English class of 20 sophomores, Opinned her in a corner and threatened her life,O sheriffOs spokeswoman Jan Jorgensen said.
She said the boy had been harassing the girl, and a report on the harassment previously had been filed with the sheriffOs office. The male student was expelled from the Arlington school Feb. 12 after he wrote six anonymous letters to the girl that used increasingly violent language, KING-TV reported.
The boyOs father told KING he had been unaware of the letters until February. He said his son had been attending weekly counseling sessions since then.
A letter written by the school counselor, Dr. Terry Whitman, warned of Oan extremely high likelihood the respondent will kill someone if he does not receive intensive counseling,O KING5 reported.
Before MondayOs confrontation ended, the teen threatened another girl in the classroom, then threatened Principal Catherine Matthews with the 10-inch and 12-inch chefOs knives when Matthews entered and tried to defuse the situation, Jorgensen said.
OIt was a very tense, very serious situation with an armed subject. ThatOs why the school resource officer walked in with his gun drawn,O Jorgensen said.
The teen surrendered to the resource officer - Deputy Mike Anderson - who is assigned full time to the Lakewood School District.
The school was locked down for about 1-1/2 hours after MondayOs incident, which began shortly after 9:30 a.m., district Superintendent Kristine McDuffy said. She said the actual knife-brandishing lasted a few minutes.
McDuffy said students OabsolutelyO were shaken up, Obut our staff and students responded very appropriately, exceptionally well.O
All parents in the district were sent a letter describing what had happened.
OObviously, this is a very unfortunate situation and many students may be affected,O said the letter, signed by McDuffy and Lakewood High School Principal Matthews.
OOur counselors, school psychologists and other support teams have already been working with several students. They will continue to be available. Please let us know if your son or daughter would like to meet with them,O the letter said.
Students were allowed to go home with a parent if they chose. Classes resumed by about 11:15 a.m., McDuffy said.
Copyright c 2002 The Seattle Times Company http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/134453588_newhostagesweb13.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
Comments
Which leads me to another point.....
OK...Let's say you're out and about (armed) doing errand type stuff and, at some point during the day, you have to go on to school property and into the school. If it's against the law to possess a firearm on school property, what do you do? I usually just stick Mr. Colt in the glove compartment but, technically, that's still breaking the law. I have thought of parking off school property and walking from there. Usually not far but how does one determine where the "property" line is?
Suggestions?????
Mudge the law abiding (mostly)
I can't come to work today. The voices said, STAY HOME AND CLEAN THE GUNS!
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