GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A Michigan school district has banned students from bringing backpacks to school after a third grade student brought a loaded handgun to campus -- the second time that it has happened in the last two weeks.
Grand Rapids Public Schools said the decision came after it confiscated the handgun from the 8-year-old's backpack on Wednesday, the fourth time the district has found a student at school with a gun this academic year. In three of the four incidents, guns were confiscated from elementary school students, including the incident last week.
The teacher then took immediate action to investigate and school officials discovered there was a weapon inside the bag, Johnson said. The incident was then reported to local police. "Now is the time to step up before we have a tragedy in this community. This is unacceptable. We will not continue to tolerate it," Johnson said.
"Any child that had picked up that bag that manipulated the trigger -- even through the bag -- could have fired that handgun and it could have easily killed someone. So, that 8-year-old is a victim. I'm just thankful that we're not talking about any other victims today," Winstrom said.
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