Say no to guns
October 31, 2006
Two University students were arrested Monday after they shot pellets from a BB gun into Reed Quad, police said.
Whether they were aiming a squirrels or passers by, we may never know.
Dorm graduate assistant Erin Leah Crews told police that between 8:40 and 9 p.m. someone was shooting a BB gun from a Reed Hall window into Reed Quad, the University police report said.
Ken Yangyang Avila told police that he shot the gun, and the weapon belongs to Jimmy Thai Nguyen, the report said.
University Police arrested Avila and Nguyen and charged them with possession of a weapon on school property.
Georgia law has “zero tolerance” for possession of a weapon on or within 1,000 feet of any school-owned property.
Weapons include nun chucks, oriental darts, tasers, knives with blades more than two inches long, explosives, poison gas and contraptions “designed to propel a missile of any kind.”
Please leave your paintball guns at home.
If convicted of this felony charge, Avila and Nguyen could face up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
Tough break.
Crews said she could not comment on the incident because of her position at Reed Hall.
Nguyen refused to comment on the incident.
Efforts to reach Avila were unsuccessful Tuesday.
The moral of this story: If you ever get bored, this is what not to do.
- Juanita
jcousins@randb.com
