Showing posts with label philadelphia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label philadelphia. Show all posts

Thursday, October 11, 2007

philadelphia teen arrest

i am not trying to downplay the recent shooting in ohio by posting this story. or, the potential danger posed by the kid in philadelphia that said he wanted to do some similar. but...

the guns in the picture aren't real. every "news" outlet is showing pictures of the "arsenal" the teen possessed. only 1 was a real gun. the rest are either pellet guns or airsoft guns. he also had some knives, and some home made grenades. so, 1 gun (a legally owned 9mm rifle) & home made grenades, that's real deal. a table full of toys, not.



and when you say "armed," people generally think that they're actively carrying it. the kid wasn't strolling around with the toys, real gun, or grenades. they were in his bedroom.

again, i'm not downplaying the potential danger, but i'm just asking for a little truth in reporting by both the police and the news, and a little less exaggeration.