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A ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA MAN POINTED AN AK-47 RIFLE AT HIS TEENAGE DAUGHTER IN A DISPUTE OVER HER GETTING TWO B'S INSTEAD OF STRAIGHT A'S, according to a criminal complaint filed Friday, Jan 25.

The Ramsey County attorney's office charged Kirill Bartashevitch, 51, of St. Paul with two counts of terroristic threats, one against the girl and the other against her mother. Bartashevitch is a Minneapolis Public Schools employee. The complaint gives this account:

Police were called to a school on Jan. 17 after a school social worker received a report from a parent who said she'd been monitoring her son's electronic communications and saw a message to her son. In the message, Bartashevitch's daughter said HER FATHER HAD POINTED A RIFLE AT HER.

The social worker interviewed the girl. She said it happened Jan. 13 at the family's Hamline-Midway home in the 1700 block of Englewood Avenue, when she and Bartashevitch were arguing about her grades. The teen swore at her father and said she "hated" him, the complaint said.

Bartashevitch grabbed his new AK-47 -- HE'D RECENTLY BOUGHT IT BECAUSE HE FEARED SUCH WEAPONS WOULD SOON BE BANNED -- and pointed it at the girl. The girl said her mother jumped between them while Bartashevitch was pointing the gun. Bartashevitch ordered the girl to go to her room, which she did.

The teen "said she wasn't scared because she didn't think that the gun was loaded," the complaint said. "She did say that she was afraid to go home." The officer made arrangements to place the girl in a shelter.

A Ramsey County child protection worker interviewed the teen's 52-year-old mother, who verified the girl's account. The mother added that BARTASHEVITCH HAD ALSO PUSHED THE MOTHER TO THE FLOOR.

The child protection worker also talked to Bartashevitch, who said he'd been involved in a physical confrontation with his wife and daughter. He said the gun wasn't loaded and he'd checked the chamber before he pointed it at them.

Police executed a search warrant at Bartashevitch's home and found 9mm ammunition and two receipts documenting sale of two rifles. One receipt was for Bill's Gun Shop for Jan. 22, and police learned that Bartashevitch sold an AK-47-style rifle to the shop for $150. The other receipt was for Frontiersman Sport Inc. for Jan. 22, and police confirmed Bartashevitch sold a newer AK-47 clone rifle for $375.

Bartashevitch was in court Friday, and bail was set at $20,000.

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ORIGINAL: PeonForHer
Indeed. 'Spare the bullet and spoil the child'. Parents are too soft these days. I'll swear that some parents don't even know how to use chainsaws properly on their children.

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ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam
I guess the funniest thing about it is that he was mad that she had gotten 2 B's on her report card instead of coming home with straight A's.
I got news for him. He should have pointed the gun at his wife because NO WAY is he the daddy of that kid.

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ORIGINAL: Nosathro

Actually it is not that uncommon

http://evansrun.wordpress.com/2010/03/14/statistics-for-child-deaths-caused-by-parents/

http://www.startribune.com/local/162485846.html?refer=y

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_children_are_killed_each_year_by_gun_accidents

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ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam

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ORIGINAL: Nosathro

Actually it is not that uncommon

http://evansrun.wordpress.com/2010/03/14/statistics-for-child-deaths-caused-by-parents/

http://www.startribune.com/local/162485846.html?refer=y

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_children_are_killed_each_year_by_gun_accidents

If you want to call something that happens to less than one person per million per year "not uncommon" I'd love to see your definition of 'truly rare'.

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ORIGINAL: Nosathro

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ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam

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ORIGINAL: Nosathro

Actually it is not that uncommon

http://evansrun.wordpress.com/2010/03/14/statistics-for-child-deaths-caused-by-parents/

http://www.startribune.com/local/162485846.html?refer=y

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_children_are_killed_each_year_by_gun_accidents

If you want to call something that happens to less than one person per million per year "not uncommon" I'd love to see your definition of 'truly rare'.

Well let see, 250 million is the US population so that is about 250 people, rare to me is finding ducks teeth. Just how many children have to die before you call it normal? By the way consider this:

The most recent statistical data available on child homicide rates,
Murray said, indicated that the U.S. had the highest infant-child
homicide rate — four times as high — as all other Western nations
surveyed, at 4.1 children per 100,000 people.
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2000/03/1958/#T2XeQFSFIs8a0gvB.99

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ORIGINAL: Nosathro



Well let see, 250 million is the US population so that is about 250 people, rare to me is finding ducks teeth. Just how many children have to die before you call it normal? By the way consider this:

The most recent statistical data available on child homicide rates,
Murray said, indicated that the U.S. had the highest infant-child
homicide rate — four times as high — as all other Western nations
surveyed, at 4.1 children per 100,000 people.
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2000/03/1958/#T2XeQFSFIs8a0gvB.99