Just got the following text message from my oldest, who’s a freshman at West Forsyth H.S.: "Someone brought a gun to school."

My instant reaction?  "Holy shit!"

I’m not going to clean up the language because, well, I don’t know many parents wouldn’t say or think that.

My message back: "Are you on lockdown?"

Followed by a wait of a couple of minutes.  WAY too long.  Finally a reply:

"No they dumped it in the woods.  the cops have him"

Then I realize it’s lunch time for the boy and he’s just catching me up on his day as he does occasionally.  Let’s just say I have no need for an afternoon cup of coffee.

Update: Just checked the local news sites.  The Winston-Salem Journal’s site has no mention of the gun (just before 1 p.m) but the WXII site has a short story saying that a BB gun was found at the school and details are to follow.

Gun vs. BB gun is just a small detail, huh?  If it was indeed a BB gun that was found then I just discovered my son has a future writing news teases.