Friday, February 15, 2013
A 13-year-old student at a Ferguson-Florissant School District middle school brought an unloaded gun to school Thursday. The student turned the gun over voluntarily but still may face disciplinary actions.
Updated as of 10:25 a.m. A 13-year-old student at Cross Keys Middle School in Florissant is in police custody after he brought an unloaded gun into the school and handed it to his teacher, several media outlets report. Cross Keys Middle School, part of the Ferguson-Florissant School District, is located on 14205 Cougar Dr., near the intersection of Lindbergh Boulevard and New Halls Ferry Road. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the incident happened around 11 a.m., when the student told a teacher that he had a gun in his backpack and that he didn't think he should. The boy, according to a KSDK report, turned the .38 caliber pistol into a teacher saying that he knew he shouldn't have it at school, but felt he needed it for …
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
The president issued 23 executive actions and is urging Americans to pressure Congress to pass universal background checks on gun sales, ban military-style assault rifles and limit ammunition magazines. Share your thoughts here.
University City Mayor Shelley Welsch joined the ranks of several U.S. mayors Wednesday when she voiced support for President Barack Obama's gun control plan in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, CT. The president issued 23 executive actions and is urging Americans to put pressure on Congress to pass his proposed changes, including universal background checks on gun sales, a ban military-style assault rifles and limited ammunition magazines. Welsch, a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns coalition, issued a statement through the organization shortly after Obama spoke. "There are 33 Americans murdered with guns every day, and there's something we can do to stop the bloodshed. So why in the world would we …
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
As a swat team searched the nearby area, four Parkway schools went into "lockout" mode. Here's how it unfolded as nearly 100 students and staff were locked inside Parkway South High School.
Parkway School District officials say the system worked as it was supposed to on Monday evening when a gun scare in the vicinity of Parkway South High left 100 students and staff locked inside until the situation was resolved. Parkway district spokeswoman Cathy Kelly said parents were not notified during the two-hour period that events were unfolding because the situation was changing so quickly, officials didn't want to send misinformation. The lockout at four Parkway schools began on Monday afternoon after a Webster Groves 19-year-old bought a shotgun, texted his girlfriend that he was going to kill himself, then proceeded to the area near Parkway South High School. No one was injured during the incident. The loaded gun and shotgun …
stacey
4:31 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
By the way i'm in NO WAY condoning guns. It's awful that he had access to a gun, even worse he brought it to school!! BUT for a child to think he had to in order to protect himself at school?? The place that is supposed to be a SAFE, FUN, LEARNING ENVIRONMENT? Teachers, principals, staff are paid to protect and teach our children. Not only paid but their also supposed to want to do so and love … more ›