Two male juveniles who were arrested at Pinole Valley High School on Friday were allegedly found in possession of a concealed machine gun, Pinole police Detective Timothy Cauwels said Monday.If it was a machine gun, why isn't that charge listed?
The two boys, both summer school students at the school, were arrested for possession of an illegal assault weapon, bringing a firearm onto school grounds, being a minor in possession of live ammunition, being a minor with a concealed weapon, transportation of marijuana, being a minor in possession of a firearm with prior convictions and a probation violation, Cauwels said.
Oh, this account says it was:
And here's the real head-scratcher:
The male students, whose ages were not released, both were arrested on suspicion of possession of an illegal assault weapon, possession of a machine gun, bringing a firearm onto school grounds, being a minor in possession of live ammunition, being a minor with a concealed weapon, being a minor in possession of a firearm with prior conviction, a probation violation and marijuana transportation...So then what's this about?
AK-47s are restricted in California, where new purchases of many semiautomatic rifles have been banned.Is it as machine gun or a semiauto? Is the Sugarmann obfuscation at work here? Or did the boys maybe also have some duct tape and chains on them?
And here's the real head-scratcher:
Despite the charges, no gun or ammunition was found on the students or recovered at the school...Since when is "suspicion of possession" prosecutable? I don't want to
AK-47s are restricted in California, where new purchases of many semiautomatic rifles have been banned.Is it as machine gun or a semiauto? Is the Sugarmann obfuscation at work here? Or did the boys maybe also have some duct tape and chains on them?
And here's the real head-scratcher:
Despite the charges, no gun or ammunition was found on the students or recovered at the school...Since when is "suspicion of possession" prosecutable? I don't want to trivialize things--it could be a budding Harris/Klebold redux has just been thwarted and we should all breathe a sigh of grateful relief. Then again, if that's the standard for arrest, we're all in trouble...
[Via Dave Licht]