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Armed U.S. Army trainee hijacks school bus full of children, S.C. sheriff says
dutch508:
--- Quote ---Star Member malaise (228,516 posts)
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Armed U.S. Army trainee hijacks school bus full of children, S.C. sheriff says
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/armed-u-s-army-trainee-hijacks-school-bus-full-children-n1266514
An armed U.S. Army trainee hijacked a busload of elementary school students in South Carolina on Thursday before letting the children off, abandoning the vehicle and surrendering, authorities said.
The trainee from Fort Jackson left the base with a rifle about 7 a.m. ET and tried flagging motorists on Interstate 77 before spotting a school bus stop, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said.
Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott says a Fort Jackson trainee has been arrested after hijacking a school bus with a gun in Fort Jackson, S,C., May 6, 2021.
He "told the bus driver that he didn't want to hurt him, but he wanted him to drive him to the next town," according to the sheriff.
The suspect, who was wearing his Army physical training gear, brought all 18 children to the front of the bus, where they "started asking lots of questions to the suspect, if he was going to hurt them or the bus driver," Lott said.
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First off, How the **** does a basic training soldier get a 'gun'.
I almost think were going to learn this is a 'rubber duck'... an training inert weapon...
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--- Quote ---Star Member zaj (2,989 posts)
1. That's the cutest mass kidnapping story ever.
They story, as written, just conjures up images of Kindergarten Cop.
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--- Quote ---Star Member malaise (228,516 posts)
2. Those kids were terrified
I disagree - the good news is that he never opened fire
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--- Quote ---Star Member Aristus (55,295 posts)
5. I wonder sometimes how some people make even to Basic Training
when they should have been weeded out during the recruitment process.
Of course, when a recruiter has absurd quotas to meet, they'll take anyone with a pulse.
I knew one guy in Basic Training who made it through to graduation, but was probably kicked out of the Army on at least a general, and probably a dishonorable, discharge not long after that. He was chronically insubordinate, and rarely obeyed orders. He ended up doing more push-ups than your average personal trainer for punishment of infractions. He was a disaster.
I knew another guy who went AWOL and was never seen again after literally (as if in a movie) knotting his bed sheets together and repelling out the barracks' window, disappearing forever into the night.
And this was the Army, not the legendarily harsh Boot Camp of the Marines...
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--- Quote ---jmowreader (45,002 posts)
7. Three drill sergeants and probably a fire guard have a LOT to answer for
How, exactly, did a man in his third week of basic training get away from the company and get a rifle and ammunition?
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In the third week of training the soldiers haven't even been to the rifle range yet. So, yeah... WTF, Over?
--- Quote ---PBC_Democrat (275 posts)
10. He Would Have Ammo ... Still Hasn't Touched a Bullet at this Point
In week 3 the soldiers are introduced to the M16, they carry it around, they take it apart, clean it, and put it make together again but DON'T fire it.
They also learn the Manual of Arms (how to march with it, salute with it, go to Parade Rest with it) and just become comfortable with it.
For many soldiers it's the first time every touching any type of firearm.
This in NO WAY reduces the severity of the crime and this guy should be wearing prison gray for the rest of his life.
I wouldn't be surprised if the bus driver was former military and noticed that the weapon didn't have a magazine inserted and know the danger was lessened.
Either way the hijacker/kidnapper is a criminal and the bus driver is a hero.
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SSG Snuggle Bunny:
This is what happens when people can no longer falsely claim to be gay in order to get thrown out of the military.
SVPete:
--- Quote from: SSG Snuggle Bunny on May 06, 2021, 03:30:44 PM ---This is what happens when people can no longer falsely claim to be gay in order to get thrown out of the military.
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Maxwell Klinger IV?
67 Rover:
--- Quote ---PBC_Democrat (275 posts)
10. He Would Have Ammo ... Still Hasn't Touched a Bullet at this Point
In week 3 the soldiers are introduced to the M16, they carry it around, they take it apart, clean it, and put it make together again but DON'T fire it.
They also learn the Manual of Arms (how to march with it, salute with it, go to Parade Rest with it) and just become comfortable with it.
For many soldiers it's the first time every touching any type of firearm.
This in NO WAY reduces the severity of the crime and this guy should be wearing prison gray for the rest of his life.
I wouldn't be surprised if the bus driver was former military and noticed that the weapon didn't have a magazine inserted and know the danger was lessened.
Either way the hijacker/kidnapper is a criminal and the bus driver is a hero.
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Now would be the correct time to use the phrase "Assault weapon" DUmmie.
M16 ::)
SVPete:
--- Quote from: 67 Rover on May 06, 2021, 04:53:07 PM ---...
M16 ::)
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As Course Marshal Joe said, ~1:07, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXrBNc7wiH0 .
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