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A 14 year-old boy was taken into custody on Thursday after a gun, ammunition and two knives were found in his backpack, police said.
The backpack was in a locker at Winter Haven Christian School in Winter Haven, Florida, the Winter Haven police said in a news release. A semi-automatic pistol with 11 rounds of ammunition, a butterfly-style knife and folding pocket knife were found inside, police said.
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The teen allegedly told investigators he had been listening to rap music "and wanted to bring the gun to feel 'powerful' and 'cool,'" police said.
The teen said the gun was his father's and that he took it from his home the night before, police said.
There are huge numbers of people who buy guns and get permits to carry them for the same reason. It gives them a sense of power when in reality they have none.
If only that school had participated in the NRA gun safety program, he would have learned the uses of a firearm, instead of what he learned on the street, which from his statement is entirely wrong.
The power of the hip hop culture among impressionable teens.
Sounds like some toxic masculinity.
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