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.

    • stoy@lemmy.zip
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      8 months ago

      That removes ALL other factors, and simplifies too much, it doesn’t ask why a 10 year old kid had 74g of marijuana in the first place.

      Guns are part of the issue, drugs are part of the issue, family and social life are part of the issue, finances are part of the issue

      Just going “gun bad” solves nothing.

      I do wish the US would institute proper gun control systems, like a national registry, with random checkups on how guns are stored. It won’t happen, the gun lobby is too strong.

      I am glad I live in northern Europe where we don’t have the obsession with guns that the US has.