Blog # 5

As gun culture in America increases so does the death rate. However the question is what happens when a six year old boy gets hold of a gun? Which is exactly what happened in Michigan. In March 2000 a little boy shot dead fellow classmate Kayla Rolland in his Primary school. However he is too young to be prosecuted so can not be held accountable for what he did. The little boy lived in a so called 'flophouse' where guns and drugs were everywhere. Genese County prosecutor Arthur Busch said that the little boy 'did not understand what he had done, did not appreciate the consequences of his actions and appeared to take this as some sort of television programme. The boy was questioned after the incident and the boy had claimed that the gun was only to scare the little girl and not to hurt her. The gun had been left fully loaded in reach of the six year old boy, this prospect for anyone is scarily chilling and grossly irresponsible. The little boy and his brother had been staying for about two weeks with their uncle, after their mother had been evicted from her home. The boys father who is impression for a violation of a parole order told police that people at the house traded crack cocaine for guns. The boy pointed the gun at another child before shooting Kayla Rolland in the chest. This horrific ordeal is yet another example of what effect exsposure to violence has on children.