A 16-year-old who allegedly brought a gun to school was arrested today.
The student was reportedly showing the gun to his friends at when a campus supervisor figured out what was going on and reported it to a campus resource officer, said sheriff's Sgt. Geoffrey Green.
"The student… was located on school grounds and was quickly detained. Officers found an unloaded .22 caliber handgun in the student's waistband and ammunition in one of his pockets," the sergeant said.
Investigators then searched the child's home in Wildomar in accordance with "Kids with Guns" protocol. They found the gun was registered to his stepfather and was taken without permission, Green said.
Riverside County Child Protective Services was notified, and the teen was booked into Southwest Juvenile Hall on suspicion of possessing a firearm on school grounds.
Sonny Lambert 8:05 am on Saturday, April 21, 2012 Good Job Stepfather. Don't you know you're suppose to keep those locked up away from kids. Hopefully they prosecute you for jeopardizing all our kids lives. You live in Wildomar. Why are you going to a Temecula H. S.
A teenager knows that guns kill, and he knows it takes bullets to work. Even if no one ever spent any time with him to teach him HE KNOWS THAT. So, I have a hard time blaming or putting all blame on either party, the parent or the teenager. Yes, perhaps step father should have them locked up, and probably more so if there are children that have no experience with them. But, the teenager is not stupid, he knows what a gun does. He obviously went there with bullets to scare someone, or to possibly shoot one, and why he went in and "shared" it is the wierd part. Did he want to get caught? A cry for help first that he is thinking of causing someone harm, and he is hurting inside and needs help? I feel we have another teen that is going deeper into the normal stress, depression of being in high school. The peer pressure, the drugs, and alcohol, the drama, grades and lack of someone to really help in that area at the schools or home like they used to, and then problems at home from all of the above, or seperate issues from home. It is scary that anyone would feel its ok to carry around a gun with bullets handy.
18% polled want tighter gun control? How idiotic are you 18%? The gun is no more responsible for the misuse -whether it be an injury, murder, or other incident- than the pen is to blame for the misspelled word. Do we ban cars because they are part of the equation in an auto collision? I can hardly wait for a rebuttal to my comments here. Molon Labe, 18%!