5th graders in Washington bring gun and knife to school in plot to murder classmate

[duwal]

http://www.examiner.com/article/fift...mates-shocking

[Wickabee]

A couple thoughts:
1 - Colville (where Ft. Colville Elem. is) is only a couple hours from where I grew up in Grand Forks, BC. I used to get dragged school shopping there, and I love that little town. It is the picture of "small town America". It's a great place (or was, 20 years ago).

2 - Just gonna let a couple quotes from the story speak for themselves:

A pair of boys in eastern Washington was busted last week carrying a loaded gun and knife in a backpack.

"To me, 10- and 11-year-olds do bad things. They throw rocks through windows. They shoot BB guns at people's cars. They hit people with sticks; they set a cat on fire. Those are things that children do. But this was a plot to kill," Rasmussen said.