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Student caught with handgun at Athens Drive High School

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Whose gun did it belong to? If he got it from home, the parents should be charged, no question about it. Guns at homes should be locked up and secured. But many don't do that. They have all kinds of excuses why they do not.

charmcclainlovesdogs2
February 1, 2013 3:15 p.m.

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Demetrius Donte Brown, 17, was charged with carrying a concealed weapon, possession of a gun on educational property, possession of a stolen firearm, resisting, delaying or obstructing a law enforcement officer and possession with intent to sell or deliver marijuana.

Expell this young many for the rest of the year. The parents mean while should absolutely get him some help. If they don't, he may wind up in the prison system.

charmcclainlovesdogs2
February 1, 2013 3:14 p.m.

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""Religious or not, I take great offense that you blame this gun violence on atheists. "

And since Europeans have far higher rates of Atheism and far lower rates of murder if anything it indicates the opposite is likely true. Anyone naive enough to be religious is likely naive enough to swallow the NRAs koolaid.

Grand Union
February 1, 2013 3:01 p.m.

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"WHAT?? Someone carrying a gun to school? Aren't schools "no gun" zones? And yet this kid managed to bring one? I guess the law didn't deter him...-mrschizzy"

no but not being able to get a gun would have.....we can't stop people breaking laws but we can stop making it easy for them to do so.

Grand Union
February 1, 2013 2:59 p.m.

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WHAT?? Someone carrying a gun to school? Aren't schools "no gun" zones? And yet this kid managed to bring one? I guess the law didn't deter him...-mrschizzy

But the handcuffs and bars will prevent him from doing it again....if only this student had easy access to a gun this might have all be avoided right?

WooHoo2You
February 1, 2013 1:40 p.m.

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WHAT?? Someone carrying a gun to school? Aren't schools "no gun" zones? And yet this kid managed to bring one? I guess the law didn't deter him...

mrschizzy
February 1, 2013 1:03 p.m.

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i challange WRAL to tell the rest of the story. Can we for once look into this kid's background? who are his parents? where are his parents? What is their take on this? shine a spotlight on one of these kids. tell the story. in so doing, you just might hold a mirror up to some other kids and their parents so they understand how the world sees them. otherwise, we will continue to lose this kids forever.

talkaboutit
February 1, 2013 10:49 a.m.

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I am sure he is the apple of his mother's eye. Such a great kid, selling dope at school, carrying his pistol, acting all bad and stuff. What a waste of human flesh this kid is.

dwr1964
February 1, 2013 10:44 a.m.

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Marsupial says: "Religious or not, I take great offense that you blame this gun violence on atheists. "

You're absolutely right, Marsupial. Two minutes checking stats on the web shows: Atheists in the USA are anywhere from 6% to 10% of the population, depending on whose numbers you use. Atheists in prisons are 0.3% or thereabouts, depending again on whose numbers you use. Conclusion: atheists are MORE law-abiding than "Christians." QED.

birkie74693
February 1, 2013 8:27 a.m.

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Expel this gangsta wanna be from school, let him also do a little time in prison for his actions. Make the sentence COUNT. If determined the gun came from his parents, charge them as well!

ENOUGH OF THIS!!!

and to admyank should you do that you should also be locked up