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struggle4progress

(118,268 posts)
Thu Mar 15, 2018, 05:29 PM Mar 2018

Seaside High teacher accidentally fires gun in class, students injured

Amy Larson
KSBW.com

SEASIDE, Calif. — A teacher who also serves as a reserve police officer accidentally fired a gun inside a Seaside High School classroom Tuesday, police said, and three students were injured.

Dennis Alexander was teaching a course about gun safety for his Administration of Justice class when his gun went off at 11 a.m. ...

http://www.ksbw.com/article/seaside-high-teacher-accidentally-fires-gun-in-class/19426017

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Seaside High teacher accidentally fires gun in class, students injured (Original Post) struggle4progress Mar 2018 OP
School Resource Officer Accidentally Fires Gun Inside Alexandria School: Police struggle4progress Mar 2018 #1
Idiots Timewas Mar 2018 #3
hattip struggle4progress Mar 2018 #2
He should be fired as a teacher, old guy Mar 2018 #4

struggle4progress

(118,268 posts)
1. School Resource Officer Accidentally Fires Gun Inside Alexandria School: Police
Thu Mar 15, 2018, 05:31 PM
Mar 2018

By Pat Collins, Erica Jones and Andrea Swalec
Published at 10:57 AM EDT on Mar 13, 2018 | Updated at 11:07 AM EDT on Mar 14, 2018

A school resource officer accidentally fired his gun inside a middle school in Alexandria, Virginia, during school hours on Tuesday, police say. No one was hurt.

The officer was inside his office at George Washington Middle School in the Del Ray neighborhood when he accidentally discharged his service weapon about 9:10 a.m., according to Alexandria police.

The shot was fired as the officer, a five-year veteran of the Alexandria Police Department, was sitting down in his office, police said. A department representative declined to say whether the officer had taken his gun out of his holster ...

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/School-Resource-Officer-Accidentally-Fires-Weapon-Inside-School-476676103.html

Timewas

(2,191 posts)
3. Idiots
Thu Mar 15, 2018, 05:54 PM
Mar 2018

With Glocks(they have no real safety)have no trigger discipline and that is bad news with a Glock.

old guy

(3,283 posts)
4. He should be fired as a teacher,
Thu Mar 15, 2018, 07:29 PM
Mar 2018

fired from his position with the police, lose his firearms permit and denied further access to fire arms. Sometimes you should have to suffer the consequences of foolish actions IMO.

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