Would it have been alright to handcuff this little darling?

As a graduate of P.S. 107, I have to tell you, this is a great school. It’s sad that this father has to feel soooo unsafe in his own hime, that he feels he has to have a gun. Sure, the neighborhood is changing a little, but it’s not that unsafe that you have to have a weapon in your home, at all times. And to leave it on top of the refridgerator, is simply irrisponsible, as a parent! lock him up!

We own firearms when our kids were home they were kept in a steel cabinet with a double lock. Kid are grown now and they are still kept in the same place..

The Professor
PS 107 has always been a GREAT school. They have the BEST administrators, Staff and Students anywhere!! MR Clinton the principal did everything possible during this isolated incident. I would send my kids to 107 anytime.

Lock up that Dad, Let’s start with the simple fact that the gun was not licensed and had the serials scratched-off. That says a lot about this mans character. I ‘m not surprised that he wasn’t smart enough to hide it from his kids! As for politics,,,people like him make us legal gun owners look bad! I suppose we should just be thankful that no one was hurt!

You can’t blame the kid for doing what he “see he daddy do”.

Yo ! Man dat gun looks like it had a lot of use.

Lol at title. Lands father in Fail. yep, big time fail. Only in New York.

Could of? You mean could have or could’ve right? Could of makes no sense.

AS a graduate of PS 107 and parent of a graduate I can say the school and neighborhood was one of the best. Unfortunately the neighborhood is changing and some not such great material is moving into or renting is happening in the area.
Mr Phair runs a tight ship!!!

AND THIS IS WHY MY FIREARM IS IN A SAFE AND MY KID DOESN’T KNOW THE COMBO

Probably not as young as your greaseball parents taught you how to roll a joint, swill alcohol and pop vicoden and oxy, nick. when was your last dwui again,
p r i c k?

This is grade school we’re talking about here. We should not have to put metal detectors in such schools. It’s bad enough high schools in NYC have the detectors and or security always checking students. The point is, school is supposed to be a safe environment, but how can it be if we have irresponsible parents such as this man whose son is now in trouble with the law. I grew up in Ridgewood, Queens and dealt with a similar case as this one but in Jr. High and the boy stole a needle from the nurses’ office. Luckily he didn’t use it on anyone, but he somehow was able to obtain it easily because adults are making things too easy for children to obtain such items and weapons.

Step away from the library computer, Gaydolph!

Since the kid didnt should anybody yet, he should get a pass on that. He should get a warning that guns are bad, if that happens again the kid should be arrested

8 year olds are not mature enough to understand. The father should be chardged because he didnt put the gun in a safe place

Whether or not the boy thought it was a toy, he STOLE something belonging to his father, then SOLD it. Eight is well above the age of reason. Unless he is mentally challenged, he knows he did something very wrong.

Furthermore, an 8 year old can tell metal from plastic. A toy gun is plastic.

The parents of the kid who purchased the gun should have called the police immediately and let them handle the gun and the details of where and from whom it was purchased. For their safety and for everyone concerned! And for the father of that boy who sold the gun, put him in jail and throw away the key for being so stupid. As for his son he needs to be removed from that home and placed somewhere away from that dangerous father.

You don’t have problems like this in the Middle East. Where all children have access to weapons 24/7 and are trained to use them not sell them. Perhaps a class should be given at this school by the NRA with a lesson on our constitution and the right to bear arms.

The kid sells his dad’s gun = thief
The kid sells a gun = dangerous thieving kid

Parents fault? Yep, but just the same, I think the kid knew that selling his dad’s gun was wrong and that selling a gun was wrong. I’d keep the kid on a tight leash for say, the next 20, 30 years?