Young Kid Brings A Gun And Sledgehammer To School And Parents Blame Educational Game Minecraft
A judge ordered the boy to home confinement and said his parents need to keep any and all weapons away from him.
The boy’s father said he was playing a character he learned from a video game.
Officials at Endeavor Elementary School on Balcombe Road said the 9-year-old boy told three friends before school that he had the weapons. Those three reported the information to a school resource officer, who found the student and isolated him from others in the school.
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The weird thing is, I don’t think there are any guns in Minecraft. I have seen bows and arrows and chickens but never a handgun. I suppose there could be a mod where you can get a gun.
I think the game is pretty cool for little kids and very educational. I don’t think Minecraft has much to do with this at all. But I guess the boy’s parents would know more than I do when it comes to whether or not the kid brought the weapons to school because he wanted to kill Creepers.
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