The schoolboy killed by the police in Texas did not have firearms

The American teenager, who was killed by police in one of the schools in the American state of Texas, had a pneumatic pistol, not firearms, as previously reported. This was stated at a special press conference by the head of the city of Browsville, where the incident, Orlando Rodriguez, occurred.

On the morning on Wednesday, January 4, law enforcement officers received a signal from the leadership of a secondary school that an armed teenager was in the educational institution. The two policemen arrived in the place met the building suspect in the corridor.

According to Rodriguez, the pneumatic weapon of the 15-year-old Haim Gonzalez looked exactly like combat, ITAR-TASS reports. In the initial messages received by the police, it also was about firearms.

Gonzalez refused to lower the gun, despite the repeated demands of the police. As a result, they had to open fire to defeat when the teenager sent a weapon in their direction.

“He had a lot of opportunities to lower it, but he did not do it,” the head of the city police noted.

In total, three shots were fired towards Gonzalez, at least two of them fell into a teenager. In an ambulance carriage, he was taken to the nearest hospital, but it was not possible to save him.

In the United States, where the second amendment to the Constitution guarantees the right of citizens to store and carry weapons, tragic incidents often occur as a result of its application, including in educational institutions.

Firearms in the United States has become a hit of New Year's Sales

Meanwhile, last year, sales of firearms in the United States beat all records, writes the correspondent of the French Le Monde on the blog on the publication website.

"This year, in the United States, Santa Claus had armies of rifles in their hands. Sales of firearms were beaten on the other side of the Atlantic. In 2011, the historical peak of sales fell on the New Year's Eve," the journalist reports with reference to CNN.

"The previous peak of sales was recorded ... in November: according to the FBI, in total, in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), 1,534,414 requests for the purchase of weapons were sent. In one week, the previous year, half a million Americans purchased a pistol or rifle" - - - - writes the author of the article referred to by Inopressa .

Two days before the New Year, 102,222 requests were sent to NICS. However, the absolute record of this year fell on the so -called Black Friday, the beginning of the big shopping: the National Agency received 129,166 applications.

"NICS, before issuing permission, checks each potential buyer for its criminal past and psychiatric diseases. According to The New York Times, the refusal receives only 1% of the applicants," the correspondent notes.

"According to 2004, 283 million units of firearms circulated in the United States, in other words, 97 for every 100 people. At the same time, 30 thousand people die annually from the bullet, as a result of murders and suicides," the correspondent writes.