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Nevilledog

(51,078 posts)
Sat Jun 4, 2022, 01:08 PM Jun 2022

Footage of a 12 year old kid in Michigan robbing a gas station at gun point.










More guns, more guns!!!!!!



https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/crime/12-year-old-boy-in-custody-after-holding-up-gas-station/69-ffbf5d68-001a-4797-a3be-c840ccedb20d

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Hartford Lt. Mike Prince says the 12-year-old boy went to school Wednesday and had apparently talked with a classmate about the least secure gas station in town.

The boy went home, changed clothes, got into a parent's gun safe and retrieved a 9mm handgun with two loaded magazines.

He put the gun in a backpack and then walked about a mile to the gas station, Lt. Prince said.
The 12-year-old waited in line behind a customer at the gas station when he pulled out the gun and told the clerk to put money in the back.

She said, "are you serious?"

That's when the boy fired a shot into the ceiling. She reached down and gave him a bank deposit bag, telling him to leave the store.

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Footage of a 12 year old kid in Michigan robbing a gas station at gun point. (Original Post) Nevilledog Jun 2022 OP
He's in custody thank goodness MagickMuffin Jun 2022 #1
12 year olds don't think at times. haele Jun 2022 #3
The parents should have their Weapons of Mass Destruction confiscated MagickMuffin Jun 2022 #7
That child is perfectly in sync with his nation's values. Frasier Balzov Jun 2022 #2
Dennis the Menace doesn't seem to be such a menace anymore. Midnight Writer Jun 2022 #4
His parents, let me guess, gun humping Trump voters. fightforfreedom Jun 2022 #5
That's sooo American. spanone Jun 2022 #6
Little punk psychopath. You can be 12 and already show signs of Wingus Dingus Jun 2022 #8

MagickMuffin

(15,936 posts)
1. He's in custody thank goodness
Sat Jun 4, 2022, 01:18 PM
Jun 2022



What really flabbergasted me is that he showed no emotion," Lt. Prince said.

"He told us he didn't do it for the money. He said he would've thrown the money into the sewer. He wouldn't give us an explanation why he did it."


Why does this child have access to his parents gun safe?


haele

(12,646 posts)
3. 12 year olds don't think at times.
Sat Jun 4, 2022, 01:36 PM
Jun 2022

He had an impulse to just do something to feel big about.
That he felt shoving a gun in a relative stranger's face and forcing them to do what he wanted with little risk (he and a friend talked about which store would be easiest to rob) indicates to me he's probably as already gone through most of the kid-level bullying or acting out for attention, and it's just not enough for him anymore.

He needs some serious help and impulse control. And his parents need to get rid of their guns. He's on track for eventually murdering them in their sleep with their own guns.

Haele

MagickMuffin

(15,936 posts)
7. The parents should have their Weapons of Mass Destruction confiscated
Sat Jun 4, 2022, 03:22 PM
Jun 2022


They have proved themselves unworthy of owning guns, especially since their kid (?s) have access.

Frasier Balzov

(2,642 posts)
2. That child is perfectly in sync with his nation's values.
Sat Jun 4, 2022, 01:20 PM
Jun 2022

Guns can get you free money.

What was his answer to the question "Are you serious?"

Fires a shot into the ceiling in order to intimidate.

There's your RKBA America.

Midnight Writer

(21,745 posts)
4. Dennis the Menace doesn't seem to be such a menace anymore.
Sat Jun 4, 2022, 02:09 PM
Jun 2022

Glad he didn't shoot anyone, but Jesus Christ! What can you do with this kid?

Wingus Dingus

(8,052 posts)
8. Little punk psychopath. You can be 12 and already show signs of
Sat Jun 4, 2022, 04:20 PM
Jun 2022

not being fit for society. We'll be dealing with this person again in the future.

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