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EX500rider

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35. Well it wouldn't be a matter of figuring it out...

Tue Jan 10, 2023, 06:50 PM

Jan 2023

...So much as upper body strength, I don't think a 6-year-old could pull the slide back, the spring has quite the tension on it, when I was teaching my 20 year old girlfriend to shoot at the range on my glock back in the '80s she couldn't get the slide all the way back.

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Update on 6 year old gunman teacher shooting. [View all] GreenWave Jan 2023 OP

Oops. There is talk of installing metal detectors at the school. GreenWave Jan 2023 #1

if the gun was insecure at the home unweird Jan 2023 #2

This. Bluethroughu Jan 2023 #10

Exactly! Duppers Jan 2023 #43

If a 6 year old got hold of the gun and took it to school Bettie Jan 2023 #3

Not necessarily taught that violence is the way to handle problems. intheflow Jan 2023 #18

Choo-choo! Here comes the excuse train! Bugs Bunny is responsible! Moar gunz! FSogol Jan 2023 #20

WTF, I am not a gun humper or making excuses for the mother. intheflow Jan 2023 #23

No matter what the circumstance is, the gun owner (the kid's Mom) left a gun where a 6 year had FSogol Jan 2023 #24

Exactly, how did the six year old know where the gun was Bettie Jan 2023 #31

How did the kid know??.... I taught for 30 years. NOTHING is secure in a classroom... albacore Jan 2023 #34

So, there's no point in locking a gun up Bettie Jan 2023 #36

Now I know why Duers get snarky. This kind of thing. albacore Jan 2023 #37

Violence as the best way to handle problems gratuitous Jan 2023 #26

Well, he picked up the gun from his mother Bettie Jan 2023 #32

This child needs a great deal of help LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2023 #4

Absolutely padah513 Jan 2023 #5

agreed it maybe that it was kept "hot" littlewolf Jan 2023 #7

res ipsa loquitur treestar Jan 2023 #22

How does a 6 year old know how to load a pistol? I believe it was 9mm. fightforfreedom Jan 2023 #6

I believe they said it was 9MM GreenWave Jan 2023 #14

All available information indicates those parents DESERVE to be fucked. (nt) Paladin Jan 2023 #17

I knew how to do all that when I was six. It's really not that hard. iscooterliberally Jan 2023 #19

I'm not a gun expert and don't own any, but my dad does. Jedi Guy Jan 2023 #21

They all need the slide pulled back to load the 1st round.. EX500rider Jan 2023 #25

"I'd guess it was left with a round in the chamber." Jedi Guy Jan 2023 #27

Well it wouldn't be a matter of figuring it out... EX500rider Jan 2023 #35

Thanks for the update. Went through her hand ok that makes sense underpants Jan 2023 #8

Did he live with both parents or with just his mother? LonePirate Jan 2023 #9

Agreed. GreenWave Jan 2023 #15

I heard the mother was the owner of the gun. Emile Jan 2023 #11

I can't help wondering why he thought the teacher was an enemy. halfulglas Jan 2023 #12

I know... OneGrassRoot Jan 2023 #16

He's six. His brain is barely developed to understand cause and effect. meadowlander Jan 2023 #30

In the '60s we sang Wicked Blue Jan 2023 #40

I've been thinking about this a lot... OneGrassRoot Jan 2023 #13

Oh well, if it was legally purchased, NBD. maxsolomon Jan 2023 #28

If a 6 year old got his hands on a gun.... WarGamer Jan 2023 #29

The boy will appear before a judge? ecstatic Jan 2023 #33

would they really make a 6yr old "appear before a judge"? Skittles Jan 2023 #38

I don't know how you can hold a 6 year old, much less arrest him. Mom and dad or whatever Vinca Jan 2023 #39

We had a terrible story in the small town I taught in. Child of 5 years, was home with his dad, a debm55 Jan 2023 #42

I don't understand why we haven't heard anything about the kid's family Wicked Blue Jan 2023 #41