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10-09-2006, 12:15 PM #1Web Hosting Master
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13-year-old student fires an AK-47 inside his middle school Monday
Are you kidding me? Another one?
JOPLIN, Missouri (AP) -- A 13-year-old student fired an AK-47 inside his middle school Monday morning after confronting two others students and his principal, but no one was injured, authorities said.
The student was wearing a mask and pointed the assault rifle at Principal Steve Gilbreth, Assistant Superintendent Steve Doerr and two students, saying, "not to make me do this," Superintendent Jim Simpson said.
Simpson said the teen then fired a shot into the ceiling, breaking a water pipe, and said again, "Please don't make me do this."
"It was a very close call," Simpson said.
Doerr and Gilbreth persuaded the student to leave the building, where he was confronted by two police officers with weapons drawn. The student dropped the rifle and was taken into custody, Simpson said. The student's identity was not released.
Joplin police Officer Curt Farmer said officers found a note in the student's backpack indicating that he had placed an explosive in the school, which has about 700 students. Students in the school were moved to nearby Joplin Memorial Hall, and the school was closed while officers searched the building.
The student was wearing a mask and apparently had been planning an attack for a "long time," Simpson said. He didn't elaborate and said authorities did not know whether others were involved.
Joplin, which has about 40,900 residents, is in southwest Missouri, on the Kansas border about 140 miles south of Kansas City.
Schools across the country have been on alert after three deadly school shootings in three states in the span of a week, and several schools have been locked down or closed entirely during the past two weeks because of threats.
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10-09-2006, 12:21 PM #2Web Hosting Master
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What The ****!
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10-09-2006, 01:31 PM #3Web Hosting Evangelist
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Where the hell does a 13 yr old get an AK?
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10-09-2006, 01:39 PM #4Web Hosting Master
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You know I ask the same question HC-Josh is asking. Where the hell does a 13 year old get an AK? All of this school shooting stuff is starting to get a little depressing...
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10-09-2006, 01:42 PM #5Web Hosting Master
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Wow..I grew up 40 minutes from Joplin and it was always such a sweet little town...
All these gun situations are just...crazy..something needs to be done.
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10-09-2006, 01:44 PM #6Web Hosting Evangelist
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Seems like a copycat situation now with all the recent incidents.
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10-09-2006, 01:48 PM #7Web Hosting Master
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I guess people these days want to get noticed, going to jail for the rest of your life is worth it to them I guess. What ever
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10-09-2006, 01:48 PM #8Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by kvnband
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10-09-2006, 02:26 PM #9Web Hosting Master Disaster
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Better stock up on your guns now... I don't see all these shootings taking us to a nice place...esp if the dems get control this nov and then win the white house in 08...
I would guess he got the AK from a relative... dad, uncle, etc... someone he is living with at least. I would guess it is much like mine, with a fold stock... easy to put in a large bookbag...
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10-09-2006, 02:30 PM #10Web Hosting Evangelist
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What are the regulations on owning a fully automatic rifle?
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10-09-2006, 02:33 PM #11Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by HC-Josh
Most AK47's you see in the US are semi automatic however.Nationhosts, LLC
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10-09-2006, 02:36 PM #12Web Hosting Master Disaster
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Originally Posted by HC-Josh
This site explains it:
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10-09-2006, 02:36 PM #13Web Hosting Master
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At least he realized what would happen if he shot those people and only fired a shot into the ceiling.
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10-09-2006, 02:51 PM #14Web Hosting Evangelist
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What's the point of going through all that trouble for a weapon no one would ever need anyway, I don't see why they're legal.
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10-09-2006, 04:21 PM #15Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by hekwu
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10-09-2006, 04:49 PM #16Web Hosting Master Disaster
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Originally Posted by NichWindows 10 to Linux and Mac OSX: I'm PARSECs better than you. Eat my dust!!!
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10-09-2006, 05:07 PM #17Junior Guru
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man seems like school shooting are becoming epidemic
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10-09-2006, 05:21 PM #18Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by HC-Josh
hekwu -- must everything be political?GeeksGather - Undergoing redevelopment. Stand by.
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10-09-2006, 05:32 PM #19Web Hosting Master Disaster
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Originally Posted by PixelManual
Not everything.
Considering the person disregarded the rest of my post, and two posts after that (which were not political), I would say I'm not being political at all... far from it… one sentence does not make something political…Last edited by hekwu; 10-09-2006 at 05:36 PM.
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10-09-2006, 06:11 PM #20Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by hekwu
Oh wait a minute, I didn't see your Custom User Title ("Web Hosting Loser" is what it says)...that explains it all, no sense in arguing with you!
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This is getting pretty ridiculous. I couldn't help but to chuckle while reading the title.
I think this will be the end of the school shootings for a while though. Now that this copycat failed, I can't see anyone trying to copy him.
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10-09-2006, 06:19 PM #22Web Hosting Master
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So where are the parents?
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10-09-2006, 06:24 PM #23Web Hosting Master Disaster
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Originally Posted by ub3r
Nich, hit me up on PM, if you want to continue....Last edited by hekwu; 10-09-2006 at 06:27 PM.
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10-09-2006, 06:30 PM #24Web Hosting Master
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AK47 are easy to get in the States. Costs about $300.
Can you be scared half to death twice?
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10-09-2006, 06:42 PM #25Aspiring Evangelist
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Originally Posted by fromage