The armed citizen

Pretty sure the lesson here is that the only thing that can stop a bad six-year-old with a gun is a good six-year-old with a gun:

A school administrator in Newport News, Virginia, was alerted to a possible weapon on a 6-year-old boy before a first-grade teacher was shot, but a search of the student’s bookbag that morning turned up empty, school district officials said.

The forewarning was revealed during a virtual town hall Thursday evening for parents of students at Richneck Elementary School, where the Jan. 6 shooting has raised concerns about potential security failures at the kindergarten through fifth grade institution. Superintendent Dr. George Parker III said the boy came to school late and his bookbag was inspected upon arriving at the office to sign in, according to parents who watched the town hall, which was not public.

“At least one administrator was notified of a possible weapon,” Parker said in a video reviewed by NBC News.

But further details were not made available about who conducted the search, why the gun was not found and if the child’s clothing was physically examined.

I bet if it had been a bottle of Tylenol they would have kept searching until they found it.

Also too, it’s supposed to be a well-regulated militia. Not an army of random kindergarteners laying down a suppressing fire if they don’t like the snack that day.