Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Newport News: What happens to a six-year-old who shoots someone?
Less than a week since the new year began, a six-year-old 1st grader intentionally shot his teacher and critically wounded her in a classroom of an elementary school in Virginia, USA. Before the shooting, the boy and the teacher were seen arguing in the classroom. The boy brought the gun, which had been purchased legally by his mother, from home. How he could fetch the loaded gun from home hasn’t been clarified yet. Unfortunately, school shootings aren’t rare events in the USA. In fact, there have been over 2,200 school shootings in the last half-century in America, of which 18 were shot by children under nine, including an incident that a six-year-boy shot and killed his classmate in 2000. Authorities are wondering what to do with the boy because he is too young to be charged as an adult or even in juvenile court. His parents could be prosecuted if the gun was improperly stored. Whichever the case might be, the problem is that there are too many guns and firearms at home in America. No guns, no shooting.
What was seen in the teacher’s eyes when she was shot?
Read the article and think about what is wrong in the USA.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64218521
Newport News: What happens to a six-year-old who shoots someone?
Less than a week since the new year began, a six-year-old 1st grader intentionally shot his teacher and critically wounded her in a classroom of an elementary school in Virginia, USA. Before the shooting, the boy and the teacher were seen arguing in the classroom. The boy brought the gun, which had been purchased legally by his mother, from home. How he could fetch the loaded gun from home hasn’t been clarified yet. Unfortunately, school shootings aren’t rare events in the USA. In fact, there have been over 2,200 school shootings in the last half-century in America, of which 18 were shot by children under nine, including an incident that a six-year-boy shot and killed his classmate in 2000. Authorities are wondering what to do with the boy because he is too young to be charged as an adult or even in juvenile court. His parents could be prosecuted if the gun was improperly stored. Whichever the case might be, the problem is that there are too many guns and firearms at home in America. No guns, no shooting.
What was seen in the teacher’s eyes when she was shot?
Read the article and think about what is wrong in the USA.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64218521
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