11 year old Child Arrested For Bringing Gun and 400 Rounds of Ammo to School - Polidicks

[QUOTE=GunFox;42655106] Mental health isn't the issue here.[/QUOTE] who thinks to bring a gun with 400 rounds to a school to fight off a bully? I know the kid is 11, but damn.

[QUOTE=polarbear.;42655427]whether it is or not, the way that mental health is "treated" seriously needs to be changed. too many doctors just throw a script of anti-depressants at anyone who has some sort of depression/anxiety (which is A LOT of people). it's even more sad when they do this shit to little kids, and the parents just keep feeding them pills unaware of the dangers, doctors making them go on and off of different SSRI cycles, throw in some ADHD meds, completely frying their brain... clearly it's not fucking working. it happens a lot more often than you'd think. this shit is wrong.[/QUOTE] I didn't say that mental health isn't an issue. It simply isn't the issue here. I agree that our current methods do not function terribly well, but there is little in the way of convincing evidence that it would help in relation to school shootings.

[QUOTE=IceyMalone;42654225]Uh yes it is It'd be surprising enough if the child brought in the gun with any ammo, never less 400 fucking rounds[/QUOTE] A box of 400 rounds of .22LR weighs about three pounds and fits in your hand. .22LR rounds are tiny.

[QUOTE=AJisAwesome15;42655465]who thinks to bring a gun with 400 rounds to a school to fight off a bully? I know the kid is 11, but damn.[/QUOTE] He brought a .22 and a partial brick of ammunition for a .22. It is the equivalent of bringing a 50 round box of ammunition for a combat caliber handgun (9mm, .40, .45 ACP, etc). The kid is also 11. Barring ridiculously obvious mental health issues such as autism or major traumatic event, he shouldn't be seeing a doctor specializing in mental health. His brain is still actively growing and developing, adding anything more than counseling and parenting is asking for serious trouble.

[QUOTE=AJisAwesome15;42655465]who thinks to bring a gun with 400 rounds to a school to fight off a bully? I know the kid is 11, but damn.[/QUOTE] It's been said before, but he probably just grabbed the first little box of ammo he saw and planned to load it when he got to school. 400 rounds of .22 weighs very little and could easily be hidden in a backpack.

[QUOTE=GunFox;42655538]He brought a .22 and a partial brick of ammunition for a .22. It is the equivalent of bringing a 50 round box of ammunition for a combat caliber handgun (9mm, .40, .45 ACP, etc). The kid is also 11. Barring ridiculously obvious mental health issues such as autism or major traumatic event, he shouldn't be seeing a doctor specializing in mental health. His brain is still actively growing and developing, adding anything more than counseling and parenting is asking for serious trouble.[/QUOTE] The real crime here is bullying. More needs to be done to combat it, but in a constructive and non-violent manner.

[QUOTE=GunFox;42655499]I didn't say that mental health isn't an issue. It simply isn't the issue here. [/QUOTE] the kid says he was going to shoot himself afterward, I think mental health does factor into this.

[QUOTE=lxmach1;42658987]the kid says he was going to shoot himself afterward, I think mental health does factor into this.[/QUOTE]I'd imagine that part would be from remorse from shooting somebody, even in the arm. I feel bad for the kid, a lot of times telling somebody who should be the one doing something about bullying is just asking for more trouble. Either nothing gets done, you get in trouble, (this actually fucking happens, talk about victim blaming) or the bully/school finds out about it and you're ridiculed and abused even more. Rarely, and I mean very rarely for a lot of kids, nothing constructive happens and they're just told to "deal with it," especially if they're boys. (boys aren't allowed to feel bad, got to be super tough manly men) You are absolutely fucked if you're the target, or a friend is the target, of some bully who usually has no real consequences for their actions.

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