Gun seizures on APS campuses have already surpassed last year’s numbers – By Esteban Canderlaria (Albuquerque Journal) / Mar 8, 2023
So far this school year, Albuquerque Public Schools has confiscated a dozen guns from its campuses, according to the district’s leader.
That’s already two more than the district confiscated over the entirety of the previous school year.
Safety — and the rising prevalence of guns confiscated in school settings — was among topics Superintendent Scott Elder covered in a wide-ranging talk given to business and community leaders at an Economic Forum of Albuquerque breakfast on Wednesday.
“We’ve definitely seen an increase in the amount of guns that our students have their hands on,” Elder said. “A lot of times, it’s not that they’re there to threaten anybody, it’s not that they’re there to hurt anybody — it’s just, for whatever stupid reason, they had a gun in their backpack and they brought it to school.”
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