Some people might feel the need to hold the child responsible for this terrible crime. The young boy did not want to kill his classmate. I do not believe that a child that young would murder his classmate over a small argument on the playground the day before the fatal shooting. He took the gun to school to scare her, not to kill her but since it was loaded she was shot and killed accidentally. You all know how kids are, one minute they are fighting and the next they are hugging.
Most little boys bother the girls they really like.
So many school shootings have occurred in the United States this last year. Parents need to know what the child is doing outside of the house. Most of all they should not make it so easy for a child to come in contact with a gun or any other type of deadly weapon. Copyright 2000 by the Iowa State Daily Publications Board. All rights reserved.