SAN ANTONIO – A student is facing disciplinary action after a rifle magazine was discovered in an elementary school bathroom Tuesday afternoon.
In a letter to parents, Ladera Elementary Principal Laura Davila said, “Our school marshal discovered a 22-caliber rifle magazine containing bullets in a school restroom.”
A magazine is a device that holds ammunition and feeds it into a firearm’s chamber. It uses a spring-loaded follower to push bullets upward, making them ready to be fired. Magazines can be either a detachable unit, like a box that you insert into the gun, or internal, built directly into the firearm…