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03-14-2018 01:06 PM - edited 03-14-2018 01:10 PM
"A teacher who is also a reserve police officer trained in firearm use accidentally discharged a gun Tuesday at Seaside High School in Monterey County, Calif., during a class devoted to public safety. A male student was reported to have sustained non-life-threatening injuries."
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The ceiling was struck and debris fell, striking the student in the neck.
The weapon had been pointed at the ceiling.
Washington Post
March 14
03-14-2018 01:09 PM
Accidents always happen..so why tempt fate...leave the gun locked up for safety.
03-14-2018 01:12 PM
03-14-2018 01:13 PM - edited 03-14-2018 01:16 PM
What is a gun doing anywhere near a High School? Are they crazy? Keep our kids safe. Guns belong locked up and active ammo belongs in a seperate location.
If training, why not use empty bullets? That's what our kids were taught with in Scouts before they were able to actually go hunting.
03-14-2018 01:15 PM
This just boggles my mind. In fact, it boggled the mind of everyone at the range this morning; we discussed it over lunch.
Safety on unless aiming at your target on the range, no matter what...even when cleaning. Check for bullets in ALL parts of the weapon BEFORE you leave your house. Heck, you do that before you leave the RANGE. Doing JUST those 2 things would have prevented this.
Stupidity. Plain and simple.
03-14-2018 01:18 PM
there was another accidental discharge yesterday in the DC area. (via THE HILL)
A police officer at a Washington-area middle school accidentally discharged his firearm on Tuesday morning and is now under investigation for the incident.
The unnamed school resource officer accidentally fired a shot inside his office at George Washington Middle School around 9 a.m., according to the police in Alexandria, Va. Nobody was injured in the incident.
The Alexandria Police Department announced that it is now investigating the incident and has placed the officer on temporary leave. The resource officer is a five-year veteran of the department.
03-14-2018 01:18 PM
It has been said ,it is not the gun,the person with the gun!!!
03-14-2018 01:22 PM
And the answer is more people having guns.
03-14-2018 01:23 PM
@sunshine45wrote:there was another accidental discharge yesterday in the DC area. (via THE HILL)
A police officer at a Washington-area middle school accidentally discharged his firearm on Tuesday morning and is now under investigation for the incident.
The unnamed school resource officer accidentally fired a shot inside his office at George Washington Middle School around 9 a.m., according to the police in Alexandria, Va. Nobody was injured in the incident.
The Alexandria Police Department announced that it is now investigating the incident and has placed the officer on temporary leave. The resource officer is a five-year veteran of the department.
OMG, that's the third school shooting in a short period of time. The teacher who barricaded himself in a classroom and fired his gun, the guy in Monterey and now your report.
Guns in schools is not a good idea.
03-14-2018 01:29 PM - edited 03-14-2018 01:30 PM
It IS the person with the gun because a gun does NOT go off by itself.
Those that use them daily will make it clear that a gun does not go off "accidentally" and the person using the gun is ALWAYS to blame as they made the CHOICE to pull the trigger. I tell this to everyone I train and shoot with.
The word "accident" is used too loosely, IMHO, when it comes to hurting or killing someone. But that's me.
Edited for grammar.
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