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Boy, 11, packs gun to school, cites mass shooting fear


AP December 18, 2012 2:04 PM SALT LAKE CITY — Authorities say an 11-year-old boy caught with a gun at school in Utah told administrators he brought the weapon to defend himself in case of an attack similar to the mass shooting last week at a Connecticut elementary school.

School officials say the boy has been arrested on suspicion of possessing a dangerous weapon and aggravated assault after other students told police he pointed the handgun at them on a field at a suburban Salt Lake City elementary school.

Officials say school staff confronted the boy in class after hearing he had a weapon and seized the unloaded gun and ammunition from his backpack Monday.

Authorities have not released the child’s name and will not say where he got the gun. No one was injured.

The boy was due in juvenile court later Tuesday.


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As an aside, hubby read somewhere that his parents actually encouraged him to do this. Not sure if that's true..........

Treating him like a criminal will solve absolutely nothing.
If he was encouraged by his parents, they are the criminals.