Critics said that if we allowed people with handgun carry permits to carry in parks, there would be shotgun attacks against schoolchildren on playgrounds.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. –
Seventeen-year-old Michael Hague surrendered himself at police headquarters late Tuesday night and is confined at juvenile detention on charges of attempted homicide, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and carrying a gun on school property.
Hague is accused of firing a shotgun at two teenagers on the playground of Robert Lillard Elementary School at 3200 Kings Lane last Thursday.
Apparently one of the victims “dissed” him earlier in the day at school.
So yes, allowing people who have carry permits (21+, trained, no criminal record) to carry handguns in state parks allowed this 17 year old to shotgun two other teenagers on an elementary school playground.