Whitefish Bay BBall Players Brought BB Guns to Away Games
Members of the Whitefish Bay Middle School basketball team told police they had the BB guns with them when they played games at schools in Shorewood and Bayside. The four boys face gun-related charges in juvenile court.
Four Whitefish Bay Middle School students are now facing juvenile charges and school disciplinary measures for pulling bb guns and pellet guns on their teammates before basketball practice last week. The boys also told police they brought the guns with them to an away game in Shorewood. Since the incident was first reported two weeks ago, the subject of guns in schools, school safety and disciplinary repercussions have elevated in the Patch comments section—a dialogue similar to the gun culture discussions occurring in Congress and in the media since the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT. The four students involved—a 13-year-old boy and three 12-year-old boys—have not been in school since Jan. 18. The School …
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Bob McBride
1:02 am on Saturday, February 2, 2013
To go back to your original question, middle school kids bringing unloaded BB guns to school isn't scary unless you make assumptions about why they brought them. BB guns are not the same thing as regular guns. In fact, WFB school district policy regarding punishment for possession on or near school property is different for each. So even if you can't recognize the difference, the professionals … more ›