Friday, January 06, 2006

What Say You, Tom Reilly - vol. 2

Via Channel 4 in Boston:

Boston Teen Found With Gun & Knife In Classroom

Boston Police say a 15-year-old student brought a loaded gun and knife to school on Thursday. Officers made the discovery when they went to the Jeremiah Burke High School yesterday morning after receiving information the boy had an active warrant.


Surely the person who supplied this young man with this deadly weapon is now traumatized beyond imagination as a result of his behavior. Why, the guilt and anguish this individual and his family are going through today, over what could have happened here, must be overwhelming.

Fortunately, our Attorney General here in Massachusetts, Tom Reilly, is a truly compassionate soul and will see to it that the Suffolk County DA's office and the Boston Police Department Detectives Unit investigating this matter drop it forthwith, to spare the family of this individual any additional suffering.

I mean it's not like any children died there yesterday. Surely, we can overlook this little indiscretion on the part of the person who gave this kid the gun.

Now, the gun manufacturer on the other hand...