Imagine a fifth-grader bringing this to school!

                 .380 semi-automatic pistol                                (C)NYDailyNews

A Queens fifth-grader toted a black pistol to class in his knapsack after swiping the Hi-Point .380 semi-automatic weapon from under his clueless grandfather’s bed, officials said. There was a single bullet in the magazine. The NYPD was summoned to the school after school safety officers, notified by other students, found the student’s backpack with the gun stuffed inside, cops said. The boy showed no fear of the menacing-looking weapon. According to court records, he told police he was adept at loading and unloading the gun. Grandpa was ordered held on $30,000 bond over $25,000 cash bail on criminal possession of a weapon, endangering the welfare of a child and reckless endangerment charges.
Apparently, the student reportedly hid the backpack holding the gun behind some coats in a school closet. No charges were brought against the 11-year-old. Derek Jackson, head of the union representing school safety officers, said the incident should deliver a message to Mayor de Blasio about the continued need for metal detectors in city schools.
“Remove scanners in schools, expect more guns, more knives, more violence,” said the director of Local 237 of the Teamsters Law Enforcement Division.
The mayor is considering removing the scanners at roughly 300 city schools in 88 public school buildings. While there are no scanners at elementary schools, guards there are given the option of scanning kids if anything appears suspicious.