scenario...your views?

[twinkles**stars]

How would you react to this scenario?

Driving along a road you see a young boy in school uniform on his way to school waving a gun and knife at passing traffic.

Would you ignore him or take steps to ensure the gun and knife are 'toys' and not the real deal?

[danger.will.robinson]

Depends on the age and metality of the kid Joz. Although it is unlikely.

Waving a replica gun around is an offense. The point is, it's a possibility.

I'm surprised that schools would allow toy guns and knives, given that some schools don't allow running, hugging, holding hands, mobile phones, giving high fives, trading footy cards etc

[icyfroth]

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@twinkles**stars wrote:

How would you react to this scenario?

Driving along a road you see a young boy in school uniform on his way to school waving a gun and knife at passing traffic.

Would you ignore him or take steps to ensure the gun and knife are 'toys' and not the real deal?

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If I felt troubled about it I'd report it either to the school or the police. You never know what can happen.

[siggie-reported-by-alarmists]

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@twinkles**stars wrote:

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@siggie-reported-by-alarmists wrote:

You've reported the school?

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As you nor I or anyone else at this time know the outcome and if in deed either weapons were real, your comment re me getting it wrong is ridiculous. 

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You have said the outcome...the school laughed, let overs from Halloween.....

Sounds like you just got a fright.

[twinkles**stars]

At the time I notified the school the child had not yet arrived! 🙂 The school should have taken is seriously according to the police who will follow up.

[joz*garage]

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@danger.will.robinson wrote:

Depends on the age and metality of the kid Joz. Although it is unlikely.

Waving a replica gun around is an offense. The point is, it's a possibility.

I'm surprised that schools would allow toy guns and knives, given that some schools don't allow running, hugging, holding hands, mobile phones, giving high fives, trading footy cards etc

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cruising around my usual haunts in my car on a friday or saturday night, like most teens did or do

i bloke pulled a gun at me coz i dragged him off

dunno if it was real or not, but this was no kid - being an adult i thought it inappropriate, took is plate number down and reported it to the police, if it was a kid in the back seat i wouldnt have been bothered by it

i simply said to the police he pointed a gun at me what seemed to be for no reason at all

i never heard the outcome of it though 

[punch*drunk]

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@siggie-reported-by-alarmists wrote:

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@punch*drunk wrote:

When my SIL was a kid she took her dads gun and showed it to the kids down the block. Long time ago now and there'd be a lot less dads around with guns than there used to be, but it could still happen. Better to be safe than sorry I think.

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Would you call the school, or the police?

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Whatever popped into my head first depending how real I perceived the danger was.

[siggie-reported-by-alarmists]

Good grief.............the school laughed!

[twinkles**stars]

Goodness me.....

[*ibis]

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@twinkles**stars wrote:

Goodness me.....

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who's Jane?

[azureline**]

I would be alarmed simply by what he was doing.

I would call the school, if they thought it was funny and did not say they would investigate, I would call police, especially if the gun OR the knife was not obviously a toy.

The public are not allowed to carry knives. (or guns)