A foolish child caused his middle school to be locked down this past week after bringing in a handgun. However, rather than pay tribute to Columbine or Virginia Tech, the boy had brought the firearm in merely to swap it -- for a PlayStation Portable.
The boy nabbed the gun from his father's collection, and brought it to Mason Middle School in Tacoma to trade with another kid. When I was his age, it was all about swapping POGs and Mini Boglins. I now have the image of kids rifling through an armory like it was a deck of Pokémon Cards going, "Got, got, need, got, got, got need, need, got. I'll swaps yer .45 for my Winchester." What is the world coming to?
The gun wasn't loaded, but he did bring some ammo with him. The boy's father also stated that a second gun had gone missing, and the school was locked down following rumors that it was floating around the campus somewhere. The boy himself is in juvenile detention.
It's where he belongs, too. Trying to trade a gun for a PSP? What a bad deal.
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12:00 PM on 04.21.2009
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kinda does show up Americas love of guns though.
Gun = PSP
recomended action:immediate termination of the boys ass with an ironing cord.
Hahaha, That takes me back =P.
Jesus, a Boglins reference in the same post?! Jim, you've outdone yourself.
OOOOoOOH Those kids and them nintendos I tell ya'!
Well, thanks to Mr. Obama, guns are going to be worth more than anything Sony will be putting out.
This kid is just trying to stimulate the economy.
what then?
Trade your neglectful and stupid father's possessions for video games. I'm sure the father was too busy spending his money on firearms to get the kid a PSP for himself so this works out just fine.
The kid should have considered what the other was going to do with a gun. Nothing good could possibly come of it.
uhhh..... wut?
BRB, gonna hang around some playgrounds with knives, maybe I can start rebuilding my Boglin army.