A Lakeland Police school resource officer assigned to Lakeland Highlands Middle School was contacted shortly before 3 PM on Thursday by a member of the school’s administration about a possible firearm in a backpack. A search confirmed a handgun was inside the bag. The bag was found to belong to a 13-year-old student who later admitted to having the gun on campus.
The student was arrested and taken to JAC (the Juvenile Assessment Center), charged with possessing a firearm on school grounds. During the investigation, it was also discovered the student had posted a photo of the gun on social media.
Additional law enforcement was on campus Friday morning in an abundance of caution.
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This young man is being held responsible for his actions, but the ultimate blame belongs to his parents who failed to use proper gun safety by locking up all their guns. They should also be held legally responsible for their son’s crime.
The 2nd Amendment is a basic American right and a law which I fully support, but I believe there should be added requirements to provide proper gun safes along with proof of purchase. I also believe anyone who has purchased a gun should also be required to go through training similar to concealed carry training ( Unless you’ve served in the Military and have passed a thorough vetting process.)
Politicians, are you listening?????????
Did I miss something in the article? I might be mistaken but I didn’t see anything in the article that says he got the gun from his parents. If the kid did get the gun from his parents, they should be charged also, but it appears you’re making a lot of assumptions.
I have 1 little boy myself. And more guns than kids. And I do believe the gun shouldn’t be accessible to kids under any circumstance. But I’m not going to provide proof of purchasing a safe by any means.
I like that you support the 2A. But that’s the only thing we agree on. Ask any 2A supporter in Oregan how it’s going with their new restrictions on testing/training requirements needed to purchase a gun. You clearly don’t know the ramifications of what you’re suggesting.
Yes, I am a student at Lakeland highlands middle school, and it was a seventh grader, and the whole school had to go into lockdown. The student wanted to kill two kids (eighth graders) after losing a fight. The man is crazy for doing that!
I am a student at this school a 8th grader and I was there on the day and I feel it is also right to say that there was no announcement clearing it all up and the next day there was another threat there was still no announcement they left us all to be scared and it’s not like they took proper precautions they only searched one every three people so It could of easily slipped right in.
The Kids motive if you would like to know was he jumped on kid this kid now left the school and his friend jumped in and broke the criminal’s (Kid who brought gun to school) jaw.
I am willing to answer other question if parents of kids or anyone would like to ask