How Does a 6 Year Old Get a Gun In His Hands?

What the fuck?

http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/dpp/news/crime/6-year-old-brings-gun-to-southwind-elementary-mfo-20110406

Yeah, I know how scary it is that a 6 year old brought a gun to school, but nothing happened and the kid is in police custody. Anyway, that's not my question. My question is how the fuck does a 6 year old kid get a loaded gun on him? Like he's 6 years old, do you really think he has any idea what to do with a gun. Everyone's blaming the kid, where the fuck are his parents, and why the fuck does he have a gun on him? He's 6 years old, this isn't one of those African countries in civil war where they just send kids with loaded weapons everywhere. Alright, that sounded fucked up, but that should be nothing new if you constantly read this fucking thing. But I guess that's what happens in Tennessee, kissing your sister and carrying a gun, that's what Tennessee does (even at the age of 6).