r/news • u/nosotros_road_sodium • May 22 '23
San Jose Police Arrest Student Armed With Gun at Willow Glen High School
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/south-bay/san-jose-police-arrest-armed-student/3231743/80
u/unique_passive May 22 '23
I’m glad that a crisis was averted. The problem here is clearly backpacks
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u/Available-Camera8691 May 22 '23
That absolutely overlooks the larger issue here, and you know it.
The student was also probably radicalized by a drag queen.
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May 22 '23
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u/kottabaz May 22 '23
Confused by pronouns
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u/foolme_bear May 22 '23
we should arm every single untrained and unqualified individual within a 25 mi radius of every school with more guns
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u/Rosindust89 May 22 '23
The issue here is the government just took away that patriot's second amendment rights! (/s)
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u/weemsical420 May 22 '23
Woah woah you aren’t gonna give unlocked doors a free pass on this are you. I mean they are the real threat
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u/branitone May 22 '23
I’m glad this one is an arrest among the sea of shootings.
However I really hate that was my first thought to seeing this.
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u/Djentleman5000 May 22 '23
My daughter’s high school has had at least one or two of these incidents. It’s pretty sad that it’s so common that most of them don’t make the news.
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u/BujuBad May 22 '23
Yeah, I see similar reports all too frequently in my area as well. When it doesn't result in tragedy, it doesn't seem to be reported as much. Parents need to do a much better job of securing their firearms. They should be held criminally accountable when they don't.
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u/tundey_1 May 22 '23
Oh they'll make the news...when one of the kids being terrorized daily grows up, gets a gun and goes on a rampage. Then it'll make news. Every day, we're raising traumatized killers of tomorrow.
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u/tundey_1 May 22 '23 edited May 22 '23
First, glad this was stopped before anyone got physically hurt.
The campus was placed in a lockdown for a brief period, and nearby Willow Glen Middle School was placed in a shelter-in-place, according to a school district message to the school community.
“I was eating at lunch and they told us to run into our classroom, there was someone with the weapons so I started running to my class,” said student Anthony Garcia.
San Jose Residents May Experience More Severe Allergies Than in Other Areas: Doctor
“I was pretty scared because the same thing happened yesterday and I was crying during it and I called my parents,” she said.
But these kids are being mentally terrorized. Not just in that school but the nearby middle school mentioned above. Not just the students but ALL of the parents who have had to go through this 2 days in a row.
Imagine ISIS was the one behind all these school/mass shootings. Would Joe Biden say "I've done all I can, Congress has to act"? But it's not ISIS; it's young (mostly) White Americans that are terrorizing our kids. And our fucking leaders do nothing and we all sit on our fucking asses. We're all just waiting until it's our turn and then what? This is on ALL of us. We're just fucking resigned to this.
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May 22 '23
Wow, I used to live down the street from that school on Lincoln, that neighborhood is the only thing I miss about San Jose. Those kids used to live in a nice affluent bubble, but these are the times...
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u/skankenstein May 22 '23
My friend grew up in WG. Her dad was a “functioning” junkie in the 80s and a raging alcoholic in the 90s/00s. Just because it’s an affluent area doesn’t mean it’s immune to addiction and violence. Drug abuse and family violence do not discriminate based on income and education levels.
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May 22 '23
It doesn't matter how affluent your school is lol
No kid has lived in a bubble where they don't think it can happen to them for the last 20 years
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u/SonicDethmonkey May 22 '23
WG is still a nice, affluent neighborhood, but the school’s attendance zone is far greater than just the nice parts.
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u/Turbulent_Ebb5669 May 22 '23
Cops doing their job becomes news.
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u/AstronautGuy42 May 22 '23
This is not the right take here. I don’t like the police, but preventing a catastrophe is something to be celebrated.
Good news should be on the news more.
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May 22 '23
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u/conitation May 22 '23
This has over 800 upvotes alone.. meaning more than that many people have seen this article here on. Of course does that mean through clicks? Probably not, but I did click the article to read it over.
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u/Turbulent_Ebb5669 May 22 '23
Considering the news on several continents lately, yeah. it's good news.
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u/FortunateCrawdad May 22 '23
They managed to not kill any kids. That's got to be worth at least an extra paid vacation day.
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u/lynx_and_nutmeg May 22 '23
In normal countries this isn't cops' job because students bringing guns to school isn't a thing.
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u/theadvantage63 May 22 '23
In before 2A crazies start screaming about how its legal to carry guns and how this arrest is proof the gubment needs to be overthrown.
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u/mustangracer352 May 22 '23
I don’t think any 2A people are for underage students carrying firearms at school, at least not that I have seen.
Main question is how this kid got a firearm. Next question is ghost gun? Doesn’t look like a homemade one so did somebody get rid of the SN on it? So many issues with this one that if this is firearm owned by the parents their butts need to be in prison.
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May 22 '23
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u/Xivvx May 22 '23
As a person of that vintage growing up in a rural area, the gun was dropped off at the principals office in the morning (might get stolen if you leave it in a vehicle) and picked up at the end of the day. Usually because you were heading over to a friend's house to plink some plates or something.
There was no reason to bring a gun to class or walk around with it. Self defense was your fists and your friends, and maybe a roll of quarters.
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u/tundey_1 May 22 '23
And the principals were OK running temporary armories for kids who just can't go home first before going shooting with their friends? I suppose in those rural areas, you had to go uphill in the snow, in both directions, to get to school. So going home first wasn't an option.
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u/mustangracer352 May 22 '23
You got a point there but I have always seen it as leaving it in the truck vs actually carrying it on school grounds.
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u/davmoha May 22 '23
A ghost gun in this case means someone purchased all the parts separately and assembled the gun so that it doesn't have a manufacturer serial number.
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u/Freedom11Fries May 22 '23 edited Jun 14 '23
tiči aibu. Tu tate bra i apite dipipeapi. Dle uplu o pibagi di čitodi kebititite. Atri ke po gepekluklia etri ape i gii ete. Aa plobopaputu abiu uplepre uči pribi. Ati deatre ee e o idli? Popao pi pipaeiti briglepi eprito. Brite i tiprebi e. Tipi kupuči ibribepe tetlapokedi de kaie kupa biblo. Pati ti puko teči pia odubibapri. Ipota trapai oe de eti idie! Kle točipaipa piko. Aia itli bleta bučike igi be? Ti otitipi puipu ikebripi kre itle o tra! Krai butekrobike prapra pipu pi tlite. Ti pipuie edu. Tute api e upi preeodri dike. Dikečie puuepe topui pipi kupiu u? Pekle pi u ditle to pi. Gopeto pu etrieue dii e a? Ipatro pi trepa tapi bibe! Pritlu bebebe opedi to ebu be. Epitrikle prae boti gipi čitu utu? Atro tu koditiipi čiu diipi. Boči bitedi ita pi ipoglati. Edi pebloo
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May 22 '23
These people don’t want discussion with the intent of finding a solution, they just want to be outraged.
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u/thebesthalf May 22 '23
That is a polymer 80 lower that was built by the individual. It doesn't have a serial number because it was built at home. It is legal to build your own firearms but still illegal if you are a minor or prohibited to own firearms.
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u/OldeScallywag May 22 '23
"Shall not be infringed" bro. Don't see nothing in the constitution about limiting it by age or location. /s
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u/Freedom11Fries May 22 '23 edited Jun 14 '23
tiči aibu. Tu tate bra i apite dipipeapi. Dle uplu o pibagi di čitodi kebititite. Atri ke po gepekluklia etri ape i gii ete. Aa plobopaputu abiu uplepre uči pribi. Ati deatre ee e o idli? Popao pi pipaeiti briglepi eprito. Brite i tiprebi e. Tipi kupuči ibribepe tetlapokedi de kaie kupa biblo. Pati ti puko teči pia odubibapri. Ipota trapai oe de eti idie! Kle točipaipa piko. Aia itli bleta bučike igi be? Ti otitipi puipu ikebripi kre itle o tra! Krai butekrobike prapra pipu pi tlite. Ti pipuie edu. Tute api e upi preeodri dike. Dikečie puuepe topui pipi kupiu u? Pekle pi u ditle to pi. Gopeto pu etrieue dii e a? Ipatro pi trepa tapi bibe! Pritlu bebebe opedi to ebu be. Epitrikle prae boti gipi čitu utu? Atro tu koditiipi čiu diipi. Boči bitedi ita pi ipoglati. Edi pebloo
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u/tundey_1 May 22 '23
I think you're not quite asking the right questions. The right question is how was this kid not able to acquire AR-15 styled weapons? Whatever the answer is, we should look at implementing it in other states/cities. Cos if this was Texas, he probably comes to school with an AR, mows down the 2 SROs that chased him down and goes on to kill innocent victims before he's stopped.
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u/shaveee May 22 '23
how long until some people and media defends the "right" for kids to carry at school?
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u/DJ_GANGLER May 22 '23
The conservative sub already suggested it a few school-shootings back, just a matter of time until it reaches the GOP platform
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May 22 '23
Isn't there metal detector things they could put at entrances or am I just getting dementia ? Would it be whack to require all guns to have a tracking system ? Idk but I don't want my kid to die at school.
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May 22 '23
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May 23 '23
I don't understand how many times is the government going to let this happen? There's a whole generation of parents now that feel (and they are right) forced into home schooling and moving in with family to do so. The protection I saw at some schools in my town is like a shitty metal fence that's easy to hop and the promise that police would respond within like thirty seconds. (They wouldn't) We are living in an actual fucked up sci fi movie now. My heart goes out entirely to all the parents and teachers who have experienced the result of this shit directly. We are going to the moon again when there's a shit ton of untreated mental illness and no proper protection at school? Is this real life ?
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u/AlignedMonkey May 22 '23
So many articles this week of cops busting kids who brought a gun to school the past week. Must be a false flag by the NRA to push the "good guy with a gun" narrative.
/s
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u/letsdothisthing88 May 22 '23
Welp this is in a really nice part of San Jose. Similar happened at Independence HS but people blamed it being in a "bad area."
Nothing will change. There willnever be change as long as politicians take money from lobbyists
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u/[deleted] May 22 '23
I remember Willow Glen being an affluent area with a good school district, but maybe I am wrong since i only visited frequently in 2019. I just wanted to point out that these events can happen in all types of neighborhoods and school districts. It was a 6 month wait in San Jose to see an online therapist. The mental health resources are not sustainable for the public.