Student brought pellet gun to Milwaukie HS, district says
MILWAUKIE, Ore. – Police said a Milwaukie High School student brought a soft pellet gun to school on Thursday.
No one was hurt. There was never any threat to the school, according to Milwaukie Police Officer Ulli Neitch.
It’s unclear if the gun was loaded. North Clackamas School District spokesman Joe Krum said the school was not locked down.
Police received an anonymous tip about the pellet gun, Neitch said. The student was not taken into custody. Police wrote a report and filed it with Clackamas County juvenile authorities. No citations were issued because the student is a minor, police said.
Krum did not provide any details about potential discipline for the student. He said he doubted the student went back to class on Thursday.
KATU received a news tip from a concerned parent wondering why parents were not notified about the pellet gun. Krum said he didn’t know if parents were informed.
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Oh, my gosh, lets hide in the closet and wet our panties - a pellet gun - the horror! And to think we had a rifle team in my high school. The sissyfication of America marches on.
This makes absolutely no sense at all. The police lost out on an opportunity to bilk the tax payers out of several hundred hours of overtime pay by not locking the school down simply because the "gun" was a toy? Makes no sense.  Particularly when there were a couple of kids who were suspended for dancing around and when questioned they admitted that they had imaginary swords in their hands.  If schools are going to over-react then they should be consistent; the police depend on picking up wasted tax payer dollars to pay the mortgage on their vacation homes.
http://www.katu.com/news/local/Going-too-far-School-disciplines-kids-for-imaginary-sword-fight-188431661.html
This brings to mind another story, where a 7 year old got into trouble for throwing an imaginary hand grenade to "save the world".
http://blog.sfgate.com/sfmoms/2013/02/06/boy-7-suspended-from-school-for-throwing-imaginary-hand-grenade/
@OliverNicholas Too bad the follow up was that he was suspended for throwing rocks at other kids, and the mom's criminal background makes her a bit less than a reliable source: http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_22557817/loveland-mom-pulls-boy-7-from-school-says
Gee... ya think the Nannies will try to ban pellet guns too?
I don't see how we've survived without this huge government to care for us. If it weren't for them we'd all be dead by now! Thank god for people like Mayor Bloomberg, and the Obama family.
@KATUNews What's the difference between a report and a citation - and will it be a permanent record?
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@Josh Johnshum  That is why they're called children.Â
what was he thinking? those pellet guns only make the bullies angrier
Must have scared the heck out of the liberals. Â This may have been an AK-47 air gun or maybe a double barrel air gun. Â Possibly an uzi air gun. Â Some very scary stuff. Â
@Shadow Why do you always, always ridicule "liberals"?  I'm a liberal and not afraid of guns -- own one or two or so. <----That was my polite way to tell you to blow yourself . . . up.
@Sundowner @Shadow Probably because liberals in general are more in favor of gun control than conservatives. Stereotyping? Yes but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion.
@Sundowner They probably heard the word once on TV and it sounded like a cool word to label people with. You know how little kids are with new words, especially when adults look shocked when they hear them.
It's important to remember that the opposite of liberal is what runs countries like Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Russia, China, North Korea, Cuba, and any other place where reasonable people are afraid for their lives.
@Mikey Good point.  It's like when GeeDub learned the word "entrepreneur"...he said it in every single speech after that.  He was so cute with his little country-bumpkinisms, wasn't he? Â
wwylrld?
(what would your leader rush limbaugh do?)
Are radar guns banned within 1,000 feet of a school zone?
@di_da_is_alpha lol
There was never any threat to the school, according to Milwaukie Police Officer Ulli Neitch.
What do you mean no threat??? Â He could have stung somebody real good. Â Did he have any rubberbands on him too? Â He could have gone on a spit wad rampage. Â
Maybe someday the media will stop overplaying any story that contains the word gun..
@Siwash  The media love a good overplay of the facts. It sells ads, and ads are what's important...the truth is always secondary behind ratings.
@Siwash lol
Everyone's lucky it wasn't a Hello Kitty bubble gun. Tears could have been shed if a soap bubble got in someone's eye.
@AndyPÂ That is why I only use no more tears
@AndyPÂ lol
"KATU received a news tip from a concerned parent wondering why parents were not notified about the pellet gun."
It's an arisoft gun. Get over it and move on.
Odds are there was also methamphetamine, weed, dope and a plethora of illegal and unauthorized pharmaceuticals also brought to school the same day. But nobody gets their panties in a bunch over that. Thanks to that particular ideology.Â
@last boyscout Maybe they should rename them to gunamphetamine, gunweed, gundope and a plethora of illegal and unauthorized gunaceuticals. Maybe then they'd pay attention to them.
@last boyscout You mean there is still a drug problem in schools with the drug free zones? Dang-I thought government had this under control, since no news stories about drugs being found in schools.
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@feral @last boyscout Better living through modern chemistry?
@feral I'm certain some students would love some of my fathers Oxycontin.
@last boyscout @feral I don't know what the going street price is in Portland, but where I live it ranges from $65-$85/pill.  You could probably set up a little stand at one of the food cart locations or a kiosk at Lloyd Center?  =)   Thanks for putting your avatar back up.
@last boyscout sydajc
(so your dads a junkie...cool)
Can't believe This student wasn't aware of the danger that lurked in that toy gun, hasn't he heard about pop tarts.... He should be punished to the full extent of the law for this mistake especially at this critical juncture
@Great now what!  No, the student should be educated not to do such stupid things, especially at this critical juncture. This is why children have parents and teachers to teach them. Some children simply require more to-the-point educating than others.
Poor judgment yes.... but ruin this kids life... NO
@dougrpdx How many times do these kids need to be told not to bring this stuff to school? By the time you get to high school you should be able to understand and follow the rules. I don't believe this kid's life should be ruined but he needs to learn a lesson. Otherwise he will be doomed to making one bad choice after another.Â
@I812Â @dougrpdx Really.....we can't have them bring gun shaped pop tarts to school either, or fingers because they can be folded to represent a gun, and fake grenades, and God forbid they turn a map of Idaho sideways because it's shaped like a gun too.
Don't get me wrong, kids should be smart enough not to bring a gun to school but don't you think in some cares schools go a little overboard?
@I812 I agree with some of this. However, schools need to assess the situation and react accordingly. If a child brings an actual gun to school then they need to get the gun away and suspend/expel the student. However, if a child decided to chew a pop tart into the shape of a gun or use their fingers in the shape of the gun is immediate suspension really necessary? Perhaps the child just need to be talked to about appropriate behavior on the first offense and told not to do it again and be warned of the consequences for a repeat offense. After they are warned then the child should be watched carefully. If he repeats it, then more stringent actions need to be taken. Â
Immediate suspension for a pop tart or for bringing a Lego figurine with a gun? A little overboard don't you think? Â
I spoke to my sister who is a teacher about this just the other day. Her reaction would be to talk to the child and told that he/she couldn't bring this kind of toy to school and the toy would be taken away from the child until the end of the school day. Then it would be given back to the child and he/she would be told again that they couldn't bring it back.Â
Wouldn't that be the more appropriate course of action? Â
I don't consider what happened in this particular situation a case of the school going overboard. I think they reacted appropriately. However, the reaction over a pop tart (and harmless toys) was way over the top.
@scoreboard @I812 @dougrpdx Even though this was an air soft pellet gun it still fires a projectile and it has the capability to seriously injure or maim someone. We live in a different society today where people have no respect for each other, the law, or authority. Most of these people have no respect for themselves. We also live in a society where people lack common sense. Given the tragedies that have occurred in schools, movie theaters, and malls, schools need a zero tolerance policy and students need to understand and abide by that policy.
Imagine the outcry if the cops had arrived while this student was pointing the gun at one or more persons and was fatally shot.  Sometimes the cop does not have the time nor ability to ascertain if the gun is real in circumstances that appear to be life threatening. And sometimes schools go overboard because they have to.
This is exactly the problem today.  Schools and officials put in place blanket policies that in effect send the message that if you make kids think that guns don't exist that it's ok.  We should be doing the opposite in school.  We should be teaching that guns are not bad and teach them safety.  What we're doing now is just scaring kids.  Then they'll grow up and want to get rid of the 2nd amendment.  Oh wait...that generation already exists.
@pdxtvguy All according to plan pdxtvguy. All according to plan.
@pdxtvguy What second amendment... Huh... no one should have guns except the military !
@pdxtvguy And at that point the whole reason it was put into place, to protect us from our government, will be nill and void.
This is not a subject to be joked about who knows what might have happened if this weapon fell into the wrong hands. I remember another certain individual who got so upset after he took his family on a long, costly, traumatic trip, he used a similar weapon to threaten an innocent person and made him go on all kinds of amusement rides. He was almost killed because he let anger get the better side of him, fortunately it was all a big misunderstanding and nobody pressed charges.
Clark!
I'm still reeling from the story about the kid who was expelled for chewing his pop tart into the shape of a gun!
@icemanz Pop tart guns cause cavities!Â
@Richard Goezinyah @icemanz Eat sugar-free pop tarts then. Oh wait, the aspartame will kill you slowly. As long as they drop out or graduate first, right?
%s Cited? The kid should have met the principal's paddle. %s %s
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(thanks playstation)
Guns are fun and nobody was stabbed.
@tally lol