2 Mead High School students expelled for possessing and transferring gun and ammo on school grounds

[TFOGGER]

Remember the olden days, when this would be a total non-event in a rural community?[facepalm]


WELD COUNTY, Colo. - Two students at Mead High School have been expelled and are facing charges after they brought a firearm and ammunition on school grounds to give one other, the Weld County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday.
The teens have not been identified because of their age.
Their actions were discovered on Saturday, when one of the teen's parents contacted the Weld County Sheriff's Office when they discovered their child was in possession of a firearm that did not belong to them, the sheriff's office said.
Deputies were able to determine that one teen brought the firearm and ammunition to school and provided it to the other.
"Although both teens were in possession of the firearm for portions of the day, the initial investigation shows no credible coordination or collaboration on the part of either teen to act out any type of violent behavior on school grounds," Weld County Sheriff John Cooke said in a news release.

[merl]

So the parents turned in their own kids? W T F

[RblDiver]

So the parents turned in their own kids? W T F

Well, they may have been worried their kid had a stolen weapon. "I got it from a friend" but where did your friend get it from, that sort of thing.

[merl]

Well, they may have been worried their kid had a stolen weapon. "I got it from a friend" but where did your friend get it from, that sort of thing.

You'd have to really suspect your kid is a thug to turn em in for felony charges. (it is a felony to violate the gun free school thing right? 5yr max prison) I'm amazed.

Wonder if they'll be charged for not doing a BG check as well :)

[Rabid]

Too bad they decided to do it on school property otherwise it would have been legal. As for the parents, i do not get it either.

[kidicarus13]

Wonder if they'll be charged for not doing a BG check as well :)

72hr loan [Coffee]

[BPTactical]

Curious if they are of legal age?


The thing that bugs me about the parents turning in their child is I think that is very telling of the relationship between the kid and his parents.
Parents are afraid to be parents and deal with the situation.
Unless my kid REALLY FUBAR'd, I would do everything I could to keep them from a possible felony rap.

[newracer]

They are obviously not 18 as the press is not releasing their names.

[blacklabel]

But they saw something so they had to say something.

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[brokenscout]

BGC
Too bad they decided to do it on school property otherwise it would have been legal. As for the parents, i do not get it either.

[Ranger353]

But they saw something so they had to say something.

Whatever happended to just calling the other parents? A simple phone call asking "did you know that Johnnie sold a .22 to my son?" whould have solved everything. Geez.

[Squeeze]

Welcome to the world of "knee jerk reaction solves everthing". As someone already mentioned...I'm guessing the children don't have much of a relationship with the parents. If if so, perhaps the parents are just too chicken shit to put foot to ass and solve it the way our parents would've.

[Rabid]

BGC
Sheriff John Cooke

[trlcavscout]

Holy shit ratting out you kid, under age possession, no NGC, school grounds. Parent of the year!!!

Hey son where did you get it and who do we give it back to? Problem solved.

[crays]

So as not to multi-quote half (or more) of the thread, I will just pile on with: WTF is wrong with these parents? Pretty sure there would have at least been a phone call, even if my folks knew the other person, to verify with the other parents that their kid had permission to sell the gun.


99% chance the parents that called will be the ones screaming the loudest to prevent charges against their little angel.

[Skip]

Holy shit ratting out you kid, under age possession, no NGC, school grounds. Parent of the year!!!

Hey son where did you get it and who do we give it back to? Problem solved.

I'd still have my boot up his ass for being so stupid. My kids will know better than to give the Libs that run the education camps a reason to ruin their lives.

Makes me think these kids either come from "fudd" households or households without any gun knowledge/training.

But yes, it would have been far better to solve this without inviting The Man into it. And I bet most of the Sheriffs up there think the same thing--too much time wasted on stupidity.

[rockhound]

dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb did i mention these people are DUMB

[hatidua]

The article I read this morning quoted an official that claimed the students weren't "high functioning". I don't know if this meant they are the short-bus kids or if their actions merely pointed to stupid behavior. If it was the former it's almost more worrisome than if it were the latter. Although bringing guns to school may have occurred in a bygone era, we live in a time when this type of behavior isn't going to win little Johnny any extra credit points in class...especially a matter of days after a school shooting once again focuses national media attention on the matter.....not 'high functioning' indeed.

[275RLTW]

Stupid kids come from stupid parents...

[BlasterBob]

"they brought a firearm and ammunition on school grounds to give one other, the Weld County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday"

Lot of possibilities here. Youngsters could have merely been trying different types of firearms so they know which to ask for as a Christmas gift. Was there actually a transfer being made? Parents are probably extremely strong DemoCRAPS and only had a firearm in their house because Grampa's old .22 was forgotten and left in the attic after he took the deep six. Possible!

[BPTactical]

The article I read this morning quoted an official that claimed the students weren't "high functioning". I don't know if this meant they are the short-bus kids or if their actions merely pointed to stupid behavior. If it was the former it's almost more worrisome than if it were the latter. Although bringing guns to school may have occurred in a bygone era, we live in a time when this type of behavior isn't going to win little Johnny any extra credit points in class...especially a matter of days after a school shooting once again focuses national media attention on the matter.....not 'high functioning' indeed.


WTF?
What goddamned difference does it make if the kids were Mensa students or remedial shoe tying 101?
That little turd that lit up Arapahoe was certainly "intelligent".
Oh wait, we can't talk about him- he doesn't fit the progressive model.

How is it officials can berate a child making statements such as "we don't feel he really understands what a socialist is"(AHS) or "not highly functioning" but yet if a 6 year old boy feels like he should be a girl they are fully supporting of him?
In the first two examples the "officials" should be sued for slander and defamation of character.
Fuck, our moral compass is so screwed....

[Aloha_Shooter]

Hmmm ... how about we all take a step back? The information in the story is sketchy -- is Cooke a knee-jerk anti-gun Obamoron? It's been pointed out the parents themselves were the ones who turned the kids in. Perhaps we could give them some credit for trying to be parents and loving their kids and think about what might motivate parents to do this? What if Adam Lanza's mother had turned him in before he shot her? What if Loughner's parents or Holmes' family had asked the sheriff to pick them up before they committed THEIR crimes?

I'd like to wait for some more information before immediately assuming the parents are unloving fearful idiots.