The boy exchanged the handgun for $300 in February. The incident was discovered after ammunition was found in the backpack of the other student Wednesday.

Two 10-year-old students were arrested in connection with a gun sold at their elementary school in Florida, county officials confirmed.

A deputy’s son “agreed to exchange a handgun, (later found to belong to his deceased father), for a sum of $300” back in February, the Hendry County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

The Country Oaks Elementary School was placed under lockdown Wednesday morning after the sheriff’s office received a call about “a suspicious incident” on campus. Authorities discovered ammunition in the backpack of the boy who purchased the gun.

The gun was later found in his backyard under a shed, hidden with a 74-gram bag of marijuana, according to investigators.

  • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    7 months ago

    And when shit like this comes up, I’m screaming, “How did a 10-yo have access to a GUN!?”

    Hang around here long enough, and someone is bound to respond and try to defend it. Has happened to me multiple times. Apparently thinking that children shouldn’t have access to firearms, period, is a controversial take in the US now.

    • bitchkat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      7 months ago

      The article says the gun belonged to his dead dad. It doesn’t offer any evidence of when his dad died or how he came to be in possession,

      • jonne@infosec.pub
        2·
        7 months ago

        Presumably another responsible adult would make sure the kid wouldn’t have access to it? Like, I don’t see how this could’ve happened unless his dad dropped dead in front of him while carrying, and the kid decided to just leave him there and sell the gun at school?