Student accidentally shoots self at South Carolina school

[yortsed snacilbuper]

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Authorities said a student suffered an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound in the cafeteria of a South Carolina high school Friday morning.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/student-accidentally-shoots-self-at-south-carolina-school/ar-BBt0RIG?ocid=spartanntp

[scscholar]

1. More proof there's too many guns flooding the streets

sigh

[braddy]

2. High school student that I guess will be convicted of a crime.

[NightWatcher]

3. Shouldn't they?

[braddy]

4. You bet, he will probably not be able to buy a gun legally as an adult, who knows what his intent

was, but he was clearly up to something bad.

[gratuitous]

6. That would be nice

But in all the mania to have guns in every public building and across every square inch of the land, the student may not have broken any laws (which we don't need anyway, because criminals don't obey the laws, and law-abiding gun owners never break the law, and FREEDOM) by possessing and carrying a loaded weapon on school grounds, in spite of his negligence or recklessness.

[braddy]

8. I'm pretty sure that it is illegal for high school students to carry their guns inside.

[gratuitous]

9. Common sense would argue in favor of that

But since this happened in South Carolina, I wouldn't be shocked to find out that the legislature enacted some law to make it legal to carry firearms in bars, churches, schools, and other public places that are renowned hotbeds of crimes against unarmed citizens.

[braddy]

10. There is no reason for us to play childish games, this was not a licensed authorized adult,

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but a high school student who has been charged as an adult for several gun crimes as a result.


"Greenville County Sheriff's Lt. James Beaver says a 17-year-old student at Southside High School has been charged as an adult with unlawful carrying of a pistol, disturbing schools and carrying weapons on school property.

Beaver says another student who was shot when the gun went off will face the same charges as a juvenile when he's released from the hospital after treatment for injuries that were not life-threatening."

"Braylin D'Andre Scott, 17, was charged with unlawful carrying of a pistol, disturbing schools, and carrying a weapon on school property."

[gratuitous]

12. That is good news

And color me pleasantly surprised. I figured the usual script would be followed: The sheriff would come out, cluck sympathetically, and tell everyone how unfortunate the whole incident was, acknowledge the justifiable distress and anger of the community, but conclude that no one could be charged because no laws were broken.

Link for the quoted stuff in braddy's post:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/student-shot-wounded-south-carolina-high-school-39091532

I'm not clear from the ABC story how many students had weapons at Southside High, but it seems that at least two of them did.

[braddy]

13. What usual stuff are you talking about? When does a kid shot a gun at school and nothing happen?

[msongs]

5. guns do not go off by "accident" nt

[Iggo]

7. That's not an accident. That's negligence. (n/t)

[TipTok]

11. Greenville...

Knew it... Ha...