Over the weekend, we discussed the bizarre case of a 6-year-old first-grade student in Newport News, Virginia who brought a loaded handgun to school and shot his teacher, Abby Zwerner. The police didn’t initially release many details, leaving many questions hanging in the air. Where did the gun come from and how did the student get his hands on it? Was it stolen or did he grab a weapon belonging to his parents? And how did he get it into the school undetected? NBC News had some new updates on the story last night and the picture has become at least a bit clearer. First of all, the gun, a 9mm Taurus, belonged to his mother and had been legally purchased and registered. The local police are reportedly saying that the boy won’t (and probably can’t) be prosecuted, but the parents might be.Read More
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