Queens 8-Year-Old Buys Loaded Semi-Automatic Handgun At School For $3

It should come as no surprise to any parent that kids will bring home the darnedest things. Whether it is a slimy toad or a sniffling cold, they'll certainly keep you on your toes. Those items, as irritating as they may be, however, pale in comparison to an item one New York child recently brought home from school.

"On April 28, police responded to PS 107 Thomas A. Dooley on 45th Avenue in Queens for a male eight-year-old that bought a 9mm semi-automatic loaded firearm," a spokeswoman for the City of New York Police Department told Weird News.

Police say the third-grader purchased the gun for $3 from another 8-year-old child and took the weapon home. The boy thought the gun was a toy and showed it to his mother, who recognized it as a real handgun. The irate mother took her son and the pistol back to the school, where school administrators immediately contacted police.

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told reporters the gun had "three live rounds in it and ... a live round was found on the floor of the school room,"

The unidentified eight-year-old who sold the weapon has been charged with criminal possession of a weapon. His father, whom police have identified as 54-year-old Ignacio Galvin, has been charged with criminal possession and acting in a manner to injure a minor, police said.

"The father has made statements that he purchased the gun for self-protection," Kelly said.

The child who purchased the handgun has not been charged, police said.

Parents dropping their children off at the school in the Flushing section of Queens today were furious, according to NY1 News.

"I'm shocked. Completely shocked, and very upset," said one parent.

"Outraged. I'm outraged," said another.

Comments

[elzipster54]

11:22 AM on 06/12/2011

let's see now.....duh guns don't kill people..people with guns kill people...duh..or something like that

[klun73]

06:20 PM on 06/17/2011

duh, that's exactly right.

[Clouseau007]

08:01 PM on 06/11/2011

Just when I was becoming convinced that inflation is out of control - that was some deal!

[Wake Up Call]

04:03 PM on 06/09/2011

They charged an EIGHT YEAR OLD child? JUST INSANE! Only in America. In virtually the entire rest of the world, an eight year old can not be charged with ANYTHING criminal. INSANE - that's all I can say.

[Benjamin Rosenfeld]

11:24 AM on 05/31/2011

So much for the waiting period.

[Sam Strelitz]

02:45 AM on 05/03/2011

Actually on second thought they're dead already, ppl don't go there and leave. They add more charges when your in there, trickery if possible, lies if necessary.

[Sam Strelitz]

02:44 AM on 05/03/2011

This clearly happened because the kids had never seen a 'real' gun, and didn't know the value of money or have the ability to 'own' things even though they can hold them. Luckily they didn't assume it was an airsoft and get locked in a box for 90 years.

[Seven Teenatheart]

01:30 AM on 05/03/2011

The seller's father is one heck of an irresponsible parent.
There are gun safes (often available at pawn shops), trigger locks, common sense....

Thank goodness nobody was injured.

[Randall Breneman]

05:58 PM on 05/02/2011

Why are so many New Yorkers such terrible parents?

[Mark E Ellis]

09:34 PM on 05/01/2011

Wow. Lock up your guns

[DevonTexas]

11:40 AM on 04/30/2011

"The father has made statements that he purchased the gun for self-protection," Kelly said.

Maybe the kid bought it for the same reason! LOL

[ANCook]

11:25 AM on 04/30/2011

"The unidentified eight-year-old who sold the weapon has been charged with criminal possession of a weapon."

Seriously? What does that mean? Is this something that might ruin this kid's chance to get a job when he's 30?

[Thumbody]

11:22 AM on 04/30/2011

Why so much?

[Donns]

10:48 AM on 04/30/2011

I bet that kids dad (the seller) beat the crap out of the kid for only getting three bucks for the gun

[TotallyAmazed]

10:05 AM on 04/30/2011

This is no big deal - just another loop hole, like the gun show passes, that the NRA constantly supports.

Let's see - no need for back ground checks at gun shows in many states (including my own) for private sellers, and apparently no problem with guns being sold in elementary schools. Just in case anyone's thinking of suggesting improving many of our gun control laws . . . fagetaboutit! The NRA members will just get back on their high, constitutional rights horses.

[DevonTexas]

11:41 AM on 04/30/2011

The NRA will probably defend the kid who sold it in order to protect the Second Amendment. LOL

[MGMULE]

12:18 PM on 05/04/2011

You need a reality check. Another law will not help as there are more than enough laws on the books to insure this is illegal. And the NRA would not back two children selling a 9MM at school .. get a clue. What is your magic remedy? Pass a new law, making this even more illegal because that would stop these two children?

[TotallyAmazed]

01:35 PM on 05/04/2011

To a huge degree, MGMULE, I was being facetious.

Of course I was not serious when I wrote, 'It's no big deal." One kid selling another kid a gun in elementary school IS a big blinking deal.

But, having more laws at gun shows WOULD be a good thing. I happen to live in one of the states that have very lenient gun laws at shows where private sellers unload their guns. My state is continually recognized and condemned for providing many guns that end up contributing to crimes, or being for sale on the streets of other states.

I'm just saying that the NRA is too darned stupid to accept any tweaking of ANY law, or even discussion of any law, that could possibly decrease these types of sales.

I don't need a reality check, but you may.

[BookKeepersSon]

09:50 AM on 04/30/2011

I think the seller needs a little remedial math class!!!!