Texas Man Sends 4-Year-Old To School With A Gun In Her Backpack

A Texas man was arrested after authorities say he positioned a loaded gun in a 4-year-old particular wants pupil’s backpack earlier than dropping her off at college. A possible catastrophe was averted, and no accidents had been reported because of the fast work of a trainer and faculty directors who had been capable of establish the hazard early on and usher in authorities to safe the firearm.   

The incident occurred on January 23 at Jessup Elementary Faculty in Houston. In line with KHOU, it was a faculty trainer who discovered the gun whereas checking her college students in for the day, fortunately, earlier than any method of tragedy might happen. 

Jessup Elementary Principal Ryan Pavone reported the invention instantly to campus directors and Pasadena ISD police, who secured the backpack and the firearm. Pavone promptly despatched an electronic mail to oldsters informing them of the incident and urging them to speak to their kids about gun security whereas conserving their firearms safe from unauthorized entry.

“The security of our college students and employees is at all times the highest precedence…When you’ve got a firearm in your house, please safe the firearm in a spot that kids can not entry. I wish to urge you to take this chance to speak to your baby about gun security. I will likely be sending extra info by means of Mother or father Sq. associated to the present Secure Gun Storage Regulation,” Pavone stated in an electronic mail. 

Thirty-year-old Jonatan Alexander Polio, father of the coed, was arrested that very same day and charged with baby endangerment, in response to court docket data. In a press release to the Pasadena ISD Police Division, Polio stated he unintentionally left the gun within the bookbag unbeknownst to the kid, who then carried the loaded firearm into college. An investigation is at the moment underway as Polio prepares to look in court docket after being granted a $25,000 bond. 

That is America, the place everybody must be harmless till confirmed responsible within the eyes of the regulation, however within the court docket of public opinion, you may certainly be convicted of abject stupidity at any time, and I’m dropping the gavel on this one. I can’t foresee any circumstance through which a firearm, loaded or in any other case, have to be saved in a toddler’s e-book bag for any interval. The diploma of irresponsibility right here crosses any line by which we will use the phrase “unintentionally.”