Apparently an eleven year old child brought a gun onto the bus and passed it off to another child who is only fourteen years old. That's only the beginning.
The gun was loaded, it had five rounds in the clip and one in the chamber when authorities finally confiscated it.
But, wait, there's more!
These kids somehow shot the gun on the school bus. Officials are not sure how or why the weapon was fired on the school bus but it was fired.
Oh, it doesn't end there!
The school bus driver heard the shot and even smelled the smoke. But guess what? She kept on driving and dropped the kids off at school. Business as usual, right? Her defense is she, "felt it was a firecracker." Okay, easy mistake right? But even if she believed it was a firecracker why did she continue driving? Let's consider these important facts:
In 2004, 9,600 fireworks-related injuries were treated in U.S. hospital
emergency rooms.
As in most years, the majority of victims of fireworks injuries in 2004
were under age 20.
The highest injury rates were for children aged 5 to 9,
only slightly higher than the rates
for children aged 10 to 14 and
individuals aged 15 to 19.
In 1998-2002, 8 people per year were killed in fires started by fireworks,
while 6 people
per year were killed directly by fireworks.
Somehow the proper authorities finally heard about the loaded gun in school and after searching found the gun in a student's locker.
Thankfully no one was hurt.
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