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GoldenRod
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Shawn
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Teacher accidentally fires gun and injures student during safety lesson
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/14/us/california-teacher-fires-gun/index.html
(CNN)A teacher accidentally discharged a firearm while teaching a public safety class, injuring one student at a Northern California school on Tuesday, police said.
Dennis Alexander, who is Seaside City's mayor pro tem and a reserve officer with the Sand City Police Department, was teaching a lesson at Seaside High School in Seaside, California when he pointed his gun into the ceiling and accidentally fired it, said Abdul Pridgen, the city's police chief.
A 17-year-old student was injured by a bullet fragment or by debris that fell off the ceiling, Pridgen said.
The student's injuries appeared superficial and were not life threatening, police said.
Alexander has been placed on administrative leave from his teaching job, a spokesperson with the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District said.
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So... a Teacher, who is a trained reserve Police Officer, with a gun in the school, accidentally hurt a student with his gun...
If the student had a gun, too, he could have shot the debris away from himself....
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Posted 3/14/18 11:08 AM  |
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MrsT809
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Re: Teacher accidentally fires gun and injures student during safety lesson
Another accidentally discharge on Monday.
Virginia incident
Message edited 3/14/2018 11:17:10 AM.
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| Posted 3/14/18 11:16 AM |
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Hofstra26
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Re: Teacher accidentally fires gun and injures student during safety lesson
This is EXACTLY the reason why I don't want my child in a classroom with someone carrying a firearm. Accidents happen and accidents are FAR more likely to happen than being in a situation where a gun is actually warranted.
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| Posted 3/14/18 2:04 PM |
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MissJones
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Teacher accidentally fires gun and injures student during safety lesson
We now live in the wild friggin west!
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| Posted 3/15/18 5:36 AM |
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SusiBee
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Re: Teacher accidentally fires gun and injures student during safety lesson
This is what happens when things are not thought through clearly.
Our leader right away dictated that teachers should be armed in the classrooms. Obviously that was said without actually thinking, which happens quite often from that pie hole.
Our leader has grandchildren in school. What if this happened to one of his grandchildren, would he then change his stance on gun control ?
This is one time that I am glad I do not have children, it is one thing less I do have to worry about.
But yet I do, because I have my sister's children, the children of DH's cousins, and the grandchildren of my friends to care about.
I care about ALL children, because they should never have to face that kind of fear in their lives.
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| Posted 3/15/18 11:01 AM |
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NervousNell
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Re: Teacher accidentally fires gun and injures student during safety lesson
Posted by SusiBee
This is what happens when things are not thought through clearly.
Our leader right away dictated that teachers should be armed in the classrooms. Obviously that was said without actually thinking, which happens quite often from that pie hole.
Our leader has grandchildren in school. What if this happened to one of his grandchildren, would he then change his stance on gun control ?
This is one time that I am glad I do not have children, it is one thing less I do have to worry about.
But yet I do, because I have my sister's children, the children of DH's cousins, and the grandchildren of my friends to care about.
I care about ALL children, because they should never have to face that kind of fear in their lives.
I always say when it comes to these yahoos that yell about their "rights" that I wonder how fast their tune would change on gun control if something were to happen at THEIR child's school.
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| Posted 3/15/18 11:02 AM |
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MrsT809
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Re: Teacher accidentally fires gun and injures student during safety lesson
Did anyone see the video of the guy with a knife in Rocky Point? At a meeting on school security a grown man decided to pull a knife out, I guess to prove the point that guns in schools are a necessity. People are bat shit crazy. I was uncomfortable just with how close this man was standing to the student before he even pulled out a weapon.
article with video
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| Posted 3/15/18 12:13 PM |
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RainyDay
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Re: Teacher accidentally fires gun and injures student during safety lesson
Posted by Hofstra26
This is EXACTLY the reason why I don't want my child in a classroom with someone carrying a firearm. Accidents happen and accidents are FAR more likely to happen than being in a situation where a gun is actually warranted.
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| Posted 3/15/18 1:49 PM |
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LIRascal
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Teacher accidentally fires gun and injures student during safety lesson
 definitely not in favor of arming teachers
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| Posted 3/16/18 6:55 AM |
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