Investigators had not yet had a chance to interview the student and had no immediate word on a motive or whether the attacker had a previous disciplinary record. Nor did they know where he got the shotgun.

TAFT, Calif. — A 16-year-old student armed with a shotgun walked into class in a rural California high school on Thursday and shot one student, fired at another and missed, and then was talked into surrendering by a teacher and another staff member, officials said.

The teen victim was in critical but stable condition, Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood told a press conference. The sheriff said the teacher at Taft Union High School suffered a minor pellet wound to the head and declined treatment.

The gunman had as many as 20 rounds of ammunition in his pocket, the sheriff said.

When the shots were fired, the teacher tried to get the more than two dozen students out a back door and also engaged the shooter in conversation to distract him, Youngblood said. A campus supervisor responding to a call of shots fired also began talking to the gunman.

"They talked him into putting that shotgun down. He in fact told the teacher, 'I don't want to shoot you,' and named the person that he wanted to shoot," Youngblood said.

"The heroics of these two people goes without saying. ... They could have just as easily ... tried to get out of the classroom and left students and they didn't," the sheriff said. "They knew not to let him leave the classroom with that shotgun."

The shooter didn't show up for first period then interrupted the class of 28 students.

Investigators had not yet had a chance to interview the student and so had no immediate word on a motive or whether the attacker had a previous disciplinary record. Nor did they know where he got the shotgun.

http://news.msn.com/us/1-student-wounded-in-shooting-at-california-school?ocid=ansnews11

Teach the kids that violence is the answer to getting your way by beating them into submission when they are young and teach them that a gun gives them violent power and whala...

So, another criminal with a gun.

oBlowme is constantly surrounded by guns.

He be paranoid or gun crazy?

Anti-gun idiots believe only the police and military should have guns....

So they think this is the solution?

http://www.blacklistednews.com/%E2%80%9CJustified%E2%80%9D%3A_Uniformed_Invaders_Shoot_a_Man_16_Times_in_his_Bed_/23537/0/0/0/Y/M.html

And they wonder why we want our rights to "bear arms" of this type against an oppressive gov't.....er uh.... for deer hunting

"They talked him into putting that shotgun down. He in fact told the teacher, 'I don't want to shoot you,' and named the person that he wanted to shoot," Youngblood said.

Someone has been deleting posts here!

I had to mention that for some strange reason when I look at this picture all I can hear in my head is,

Looking at all those secret service agents,

Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...

And when I see the limousine I think,

MUSHROOM MUSHROOM!

But those are a lot of secret service agents out there,

Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...

And then in the middle of it all is President (Electoral College) Elect Obama and suddenly I want to jump up from my desk and yell,

OOOOOH! A SNAKE, IT'S A SNAKE, A SNAKE...

And it all repeats itself over and over and over again!

Besides, if someone really wanted a piece of Obama they would and could get it no matter how many goons he surrounds himself with. His Limousine is not completely death proof. It would be easy as hell to stop that over weight tank. A tall enough speed bump is all you need!

But we have had four presidents assassinated over the history of our nation and 8 attempted assassinations not counting the thwarted attempt on Bush Sr. There is a credible threat to the president BUT Obama takes fear and paranoia to a all new height. If Obama was doing a good job what would he have to fear?