A 5-year-old boy took an unloaded semiautomatic handgun to school and showed it off to at least one classmate, police said.
School officials in this Kansas City suburb had not decided what disciplinary action would be taken against the kindergartner, but a federal law requires expulsion for students who bring a gun to school, said LeighAnne Neal, a spokeswoman for the Shawnee Mission School District.
Shawnee Police Capt. Ron Copeland said the boy's father had found the .22-caliber handgun while cleaning out a drawer at home. After he showed it to the child and relayed a message about the dangers of guns, the boy's mother said to get rid of it.
The child took the unloaded gun to Rhein Benninghoven Elementary School on Wednesday, where he showed it off to at least one classmate, Copeland said. Police were called after a teacher heard about the weapon.
"When asked why he brought it to school, (the child) told the teacher his mother wanted it out of the house," Copeland said. "But more than likely he was just showing it off to friends."
Neal said parents received phone messages letting them know what happened.
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