2 Boys Arrested For Plotting To Kill Fellow Students

[crashhelmet]

*EDIT* I screwed up the title.

2 Boys Arrested For Plotting To Kill Fellow Students

They're 10 and 11 years old.

I'll let that sink in for a moment and then I'll tell you that one part of the motivation was because of a break up with a girlfriend.

I'll let that soak in for a little bit too.

One of the two boys had a knife, a gun, and ammunition in his back back. They were caught when he tripped and his backpack spilled open. Another student happened to see a knife and turned him in.

Article from KREM.COM

Article and Interview with the boy that reported them.

[TheHuckster]

Wow, super lucky that he tripped and was found out. When I was ten, I had weapons... that were in my G.I. Joes' hands.

[Jester]

The most dangerous weapons I had at that age were cap guns and a pocket knife.

That being said, this is not as new as some people might think. The Jonesboro middle school shootings were perpetrated by 13- and 11-year old boys in 1998, and in 1993 in the U.K., a toddler was tortured and murdered by two 10-year-old boys.

I am not saying this is right, as it obviously is not. I am merely saying that, while this is an aberration, it is not an isolated aberration that has not been seen before.

[crashhelmet]

The most dangerous weapons I had at that age were cap guns and a pocket knife.

That being said, this is not as new as some people might think. The Jonesboro middle school shootings were perpetrated by 13- and 11-year old boys, and in the U.K., a toddler was tortured and murdered by two 10-year-old boys.

I am not saying this is right, as it obviously is not. I am merely saying that, while this is an aberration, it is not an isolated aberration that has not been seen before.

I can't believe forgot about the Jonesboro case when I read this article. Not only was it methodically tragic, I remember a friend of mine wrote a song where part of the lyrics were based on it.

"Smokin' guns are in the hands of all our little ones.
They've got a point to prove and now it's clear to everyone-
Bullets fly, people die and there's no difference in the size of the finger on the trigger"

[Andara Bledin]

Don't forget that Mary Bell was also 10 when she committed her first murder.

[eta]
Thompson and Venables were also both 10 when they murdered another child.

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[AccountingDrone]

I was taught gun safety and usage [and given my first gun] at 8 years old. I would have never considered ever taking it in to school. But then again I do not have any active mental illness that would make me consider it even slightly a good idea. I had trouble convincing myself to bring in a cake knife to show the class [one of the fancy triangular Victorian sort.] <we were talking about place setting in Home Ecch class and the discussion wandered around to old fashioned stuff from a movie and we had the full set of place settings at home.>

[fireheart17]

1993 in the U.K., a toddler was tortured and murdered by two 10-year-old boys.
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Thompson and Venables were also both 10 when they murdered another child.

From what I've heard of that, those two have been released with new identities and monitored for life. One of them got charged with a child porn offence and was sent straight back to jail.

The toddlers younger brother has spoken out since then. (kid was born around December the same year James was killed) Very tragic. http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/j...-1226574802614

For those who can't read it for whatever reason (dud link, no internet access at work), the younger brother basically does not travel alone-he always has a family member with him. His friends go to his house instead of him going to theirs. His parents also drive him to and from job interviews, no matter how short the distance is. So kind of hovering but not interfering.

[Andara Bledin]

From what I've heard of that, those two have been released with new identities and monitored for life. One of them got charged with a child porn offence and was sent straight back to jail.

From the Wiki article, apparently Venables can't keep his mouth shut and keeps revealing his former identity, plus is a stupid git (the child porn), so he's apparently been remanded to custody indefinitely for his own and the public's safety.

The other, however, has re-integrated into society. That fits in with my theory that while both were psychopaths (clinically-speaking), Venables was the actual sociopath, and Thompson just followed him because he was charismatic and something of a kindred spirit. This seems to be a theme among paired killers, and is likely the case with the Columbine pair as well as another duo from the UK's past.

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