NM Man Accused Of Trying To Train School Shooters

By Tom Knighton

School shootings are horrific events. As a parent of two school-aged kids, I’m thankful for the security measures at their schools. I’m also thankful for the school resource officers who, I hope, will work to stop any attack that might materialize.

I also recognize how rare school shootings are, despite anti-gun rhetoric to the contrary.

However, an arrest in New Mexico has authorities alleging that the suspect was trying to train school shooters.

The father of a missing Georgia boy was training children at a New Mexico compound to commit school shootings, prosecutors said in court documents obtained Wednesday, as authorities waited to learn if human remains found at the site were those of the boy.

The documents say Siraj Ibn Wahhaj was conducting weapons training with assault rifles at the compound near the Colorado border where authorities say they found 11 hungry children living in filthy conditions in a raid Friday.

Prosecutor Timothy Hasson filed the court documents while asking that Wahhaj be held without bail after he was arrested last week with four other adults facing child abuse charges.

“He poses a great danger to the children found on the property as well as a threat to the community as a …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms