Fourth Grader Arrested For Bringing Unloaded Handgun To S.I. School

[hrmjustin]

NY1News

A 10-year old Staten Island boy was arrested for bringing an unloaded handgun to school last week.

The Department of Education says the fourth grader brought the weapon to P.S. 373 on Friday.

Officials say he showed it to two students before it was identified by faculty, who called police.
The boy is charged with criminal possession of a weapon and menacing.

"This young man menaced some of his schoolmates on the 12th [of July] and he was arrested by NYPD personnel. The gun was unloaded. It was a .45 caliber and it was defaced," said NYPD Chief of Detectives Phil Pulaski.

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[kestrel91316]

1. The responsible gun owner who left his gun where the kid could get to it,

meanwhile, will suffer no consequences whatsoever.

If every student at that school had been armed this would have turned out differently. We need MOAR GUNZ!!!!!

[hrmjustin]

2. I am not sure about the law but I hope here in NY we have a law that will get who had the gun.

[geckosfeet]

3. Interesting - wonder what he mean by "defaced"

If the serial numbers were removed, that was done to avoid tracing. Clearly the gun came from a criminal source. The kid did the cops a favor.

[hrmjustin]

6. I hope he doesn't get in real trouble.

[geckosfeet]

7. He is in trouble. And so is anyone even close to letting him get hold of it. It's NY.

[rdharma]

4. Serial #s removed? Now that will make it harder to return to the "responsible gun owner"!

[hrmjustin]

5. Yes it would.