https://abcnews.go.com/US/deja-taylor-newport-news-sentenced/story?id=105691145
The Virginia mother of the 6-year-old boy accused of shooting his first grade teacher was sentenced on Friday to two years in prison for child neglect.
6 year olds are first graders and typically have very close interactions with teachers. It doesn't take much for a 6 year old to stab through a person's hand and into a person's chest. Also my point is more thay the child could have taken a knife from thier parent as easily as a gun and then went on to stab the teacher. In both instances the result could end in death.
Knives are responsible for a lot of deaths and there have been mass stabbings in the news recently
To quote you
The kid could have done this woth a knife that was left in her purse
Which is absolutely disingenuous. The teacher was facing the child reaching out for the gun when the child shot. Next time you're around a child in that age range have a game of slapsies, even with your fingertips touching and you having to hold still until the child tries to slap your hand they'll struggle to get you.
Both knife and gun could absolutely result in a death by a six year old given the right circumstances but they're not equivalent, not even close.
I will disagree with you. You discover the event in a sterile way without knowing how quickly either were moving. Your just assuming that it wouldn't be possible but woth the teacher reaching out to grab the gun, if you replace it woth a knife and the child also trying to stab at the adult you now have the child's momentum and the adult momentum meeting at the blade tip and adults hand. Could have just as easily gone through the center of the hand and the momentum of the adult could have continued forward bringing thier chest at the blade.