Thursday 13-the summer pupil of Bronx Park Middle School in the area of Allerton in addition to notebooks and textbooks took also a gun, according to AMNY.
According to police, an unloaded gun found in backpack of a boy at 9:40.
The Department of education stated that it has already notified all parents about the incident.
«Nothing is more important than the safety of our students and staff,» — said the press Secretary of Toya Holness. «Police immediately responded to the call and seized the unloaded gun. Students and staff were not injured, we notify the family and help the school to take further necessary measures».
Reportedly, the school has no metal detectors.
This situation is a vivid illustration to the current statistics of seizures of weapons from students.
According to the NYPD, the situation with guns in schools is very disturbing.
This year, police seized at the school almost 50% more weapons than in the past.
Assistant chief of police Department Brian Conroy reported that in the period from 1 July to 1 October, police seized 328 of weapons, which is 48% higher compared to the same period last year (222 units).
«This is a trend that has been observed in recent years. We work hard to handle it,» says Conroy. — «Metal detectors an important part of the search for weapons, but they are only 88 of 1800 schools. Therefore, the detection of weapons, we rely on the guards of the school, teachers, Directors and pupils.»
It’s hard to say increased the percentage of seizures because children have more to bring weapons, or because the police became increasingly finds it, says Deputy Commissioner Dermot Shea. But crime among school-age children has declined, he added.
And yet, the topic of weapons is in the United States, more than ever, especially after the mass shooting in Las Vegas, where Stephen Paddock shot 58 people.
The sad statistics says that over the last 50 years of bullets killed more Americans than in the fields all the American wars combined.
According the United States Center for control and prevention of diseases, in 1968, as a result of accidents related to the use of firearms, killing 1.5 million people.
For comparison, in all the fighting in which he participated with America in 1775, according to the estimates of the Department of veterans Affairs, killed 1.2 million troops.
Perhaps the new law on arms will, which thinks Congress will be able to slightly improve the situation with a firearm.
