School bus evacuated after student shows another child a BB gun

[NationalMatch]

TULSA, Okla. — An investigation is underway after a student allegedly showed another student at BB gun on a school bus Thursday afternoon.

It happened outside of Peary Elementary School, however the bus was not a part of Tulsa Public Schools. Officials say most of the students on the bus are enrolled at Tulsa Honors Academy.

The bus makes a stop at Peary Elementary School.


No one was hurt, and the bus was evacuated.

This is a developing story.

https://www.fox23.com/news/local/sc...ther-child-bb-gun/AHAFSCNMJNDFZFF4KUGE3CNJ2Q/

 

[NationalMatch]

No one was hurt, and the bus was evacuated.

Seriously? It's a BB gun.

Yeah, evacuate the bus if somebody leaves a bomb under a seat. That's a reasonable response.

But, a BB gun?

 

[OKRuss]

Read a while back about a 5 year old being sent home from school for "using" a finger pistol! No lie. The days of playing cowboys and indians is a thing of the past.

 

[L.C.]

 

[HarryBear]

Schools need to educate on this subject. Hell, Russia has AK disassembly classes you have to pass in a timed environment.
Come on USA...

 

[Okie4570]

After school, that's means he had it at school all day lol.

 

[Snattlerake]

After school, that's means he had it at school all day lol.

You caught that too huh!

 

[TerryMiller]

 

[Ahall]

We had a shooting team when I was in high school.
Guns were on campus, with some precautions.

However, if you go down to the big box stores and look at how closely you may be surprised by how closely the bb guns resemble a cartridge gun.
Most of us can spot the differences at a glance, but my wife cant.

I can understand the a school or bus driver erroring on the side of caution.
They probably had some kid tell them they saw a gun, or got a fleeting glimpse of it.

If they get it wrong and a kid gets shot, then the anti-gun crowd gets another chance beat their chests.
There would be no explaining why they did not act.
It would be career ending and they would also end up in a legal battle that would cost more than their annual pay.

 

[wawazat]

Im just confused on what evacuating the bus was going to do. In that scenario, assuming the kid was non-threatening, is it easier to take control of one firearm or firearm looking object or however many kids were on the bus? If you have control of the object, Id prefer to keep the kids on the bus so they are contained and controlled until the proper procedure can be carried out from there.

I also get erring on the side of extreme caution when someone else's kids are involved. My risk tolerance goes down a decent amount when it is my kids versus me, and even further than that when it is someone else's kid versus mine.