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6yo shoots teacher.
redneckandy
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Teacher and kid get in an "altercation", kid somehow has a gun and intentionally shoots the teacher.
Six years old. I just don't know what to say.
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Newpert Noose is right next to Porchmuth.
6 years old is a baby. When I was 6yrs old it was ma'am and sir. I played with cars and trucks and only cap guns.
I look back to when my children were 6, when my grandchildren were 6, I just can not imagine such a thing as what has happened. Prayers for all.
It is a cultural thing, a failed culture for sure, but a cultural thing never the less.
I was 6 my beloved sand pile behind garage with cars and trucks WTF
ahh how cute just like daddy
... and the gun was available to him how? I lived in Newport News (actually Ft. Monroe) for a year. Great area except for the Nor’easters.
sick
Total failure of the parents . Hang them out to dry .
This is a perfect example of where the parents should be held accountable. Great case to show gun owners they have a responsibility to secure their weapons or be held liable.
Parents or lack of any gudince and tespect all the way at fault
At that age I could shoot a cap buster with the best of them and shoot at a lot of Indians. Never ever thought beyond make belief.
Any bets on how many "shooter" video games this kid has played? They tell us those games have no influence on behavior.
Yeah, right. They also insist that seeing anything related to sex makes kids into sexual predators.
Sad for sure. Kids do not understand what really comes from a gun. The parent… yes I will bet it’s a single moms gun … is to blame.
Dont you watch tv??? Obviously it was the "gun show loophole"!
Ignorance begets ignorance...
"Experts said a school shooting involving a 6-year-old is extremely rare, although not unheard of, while Virginia law limits the ways in which a child that age can be punished for such a crime."
Who has ever heard of this before?
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
Is this a hate crime?
So, what ethnicity is the 6 year old?
I'm wondering if the school is spinning this as totally the child's fault when there is more to the story? It may come out when video is released to lawyers.
Reports are that the teacher was shot through the hand and then her upper chest.
What I'm wondering is if the "altercation" that is now reported as an "interaction" is the 25 year old teacher going into panic mode and trying to take the pistol from the child which resulted in the trigger being pulled by either her or the child.
Methinks there is more to the story. We may never know.
Could be.
I wonder if this teacher (Abby Zwerner) was one of those indoctrinating kids to become trans?
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
At six years old there really is no reasoning in a child, and at six years old a child is just starting to understand right from wrong. This act of violence he carried out I’m sure was planted at home in his up bringing some how. I’m no psychologist but I do believe in monkey see monkey do.
With all due respect, that's painting with a pretty broad brush.
@jimdeere a lot of our members have very broad brushes they like to use, even though they have no idea what they are gonna paint....
I’m just saying I blame the parents more than the kid.
I can go along that statement
I can't blame the 6 year old kid at all. I've never met a 6 year old who had the power to reason let alone understand the harsh reality of shooting someone. This is a failure of his parents. No more, no less.
I'm not saying it was justification. I am merely speculating based largely on the trend we see in teachers her age. This was the picture circulated in a Fox article apparently pulled from her own Instagram account. I'm not sure what you're suggesting about it.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
I'm failing to understand what you think is clear. Do you think I pulled a picture of someone else? Perhaps you're being taken in by the mass media who is very sympathetic to woke liberal teachers that want to paint her in the best light possible? Have you considered WHY the student shot the teacher? I was six once and little that I did back then had zero motivation. Do we blame the parents for his access to guns? Well yes, of course. And that has been said many times even in this thread. I am merely speculating as to the reason a 6 year old would want to harm his teacher in this day and age. Are you satisfied with the "well he was just 6 and didn't know anything about anything" line the media is propagating? I'm not. I don't trust the media at all to be giving us the whole story and frankly I thought you distrusted them too. More than likely they're running interference for her. I hope not. I hope she's not one of those who's trying to indoctrinate kids. But remember where this happened... in a state where the media's darlings were put on notice by the governor.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
I wonder if she took posession of the gun before she removed the children from the room.
There's been a lot of discussion about arming teachers . I think that's a decision to be made by each individual school district.
However, training on how to de-esculate an armed confrontation should possibly be mandated for all teachers, pre-school through college.
With the News saying he just pointed it at her and fired makes me think when the student put it in his bag before school he mistook it for a toy.
Still, I think the blame lies with the parent(s), for multiple reasons.
I'm not sure I could shoot a 6 yr old. Even if shooting at me, just don't know.
Yeah, that's a tough one. It would depend largely on the situation. I know our enemies in several foreign wars took knowledge of that and used children to attack our soldiers and many who shot back were seriously messed in the head as a result.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
The school knew about the gun! Unbelievable!
I came across this new information while looking at an article for first time handgun buyers. Yes - I know what the source is and that the parents are trying to cover their backsides - but - it does contain some new information.
Best Regards - AQH
It was kept in a locked garage. Don
nypost.com
A 6-year-old who shot his teacher allegedly told another educator he wanted to light her on fire and watch her die, according to a report.
Last month, the troubled boy nearly made good on his apparent murderous impulses, shooting first grader teacher Abigail Zwerner at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News., Va., officials have said. Zwerner survived.
Zwerner and other Richneck teachers said they had shared their fears about the child’s grave behavior with administrators, only to have their concerns downplayed or ignored, The Washington Post reported.
Zwerner had asked for support with the boy, and expressed concerns about his behavior, teachers wrote in online messages to Newport News Superintendent George Parker III.
“She had asked for help,” one school staff member wrote in the chat.
“Several times,” another added.
The child, who was known to throw furniture and other objects in the classroom, once wrote a note to a teacher in which he told her hated her, wanted to set her on fire to kill her, the teachers union told The Washington Post. When she brought the disturbing letter to school administrators, they told her to drop it, according to the teacher.
wow the teacher was ignored and the kid was not disciplined or removed