Bluffs student on a bus trades bullets for cards

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November 12th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

A Council Bluffs elementary school student swapped a loaded round of ammunition for playing cards Friday on a school bus, prompting concern among parents and school officials. Titan Hill Intermediate School Principal Kent Stopak told the Daily NonPareil, the trade happened on a school bus. The child receiving the round of ammunition told his parents when he got home, and the parents reached out to the school Monday morning.

Stopak said he told staff about the incident on Tuesday morning. He said the student who brought the round of ammunition remains enrolled at Titan Hill. Only a single round of ammunition was involved, he said, and no one was threatened — and no student ever had a weapon. Stopak cautioned the incident should serve as a reminder to gun owners to keep ammunition and weapons locked up because children can be curious about them.