WTF?!? ‘Firearms instructor’ hired as school guard leaves handgun in student bathroom

[kpete]

Security guard leaves gun unattended in restroom at Lapeer charter school



Lapeer, MI -- A security officer at a Lapeer charter school left a firearm unattended in a school bathroom on Monday, Jan. 14, a school official said.

The security officer "made a breach in security protocol" and left an unloaded weapon in a restroom "for a few moments," said Chatfield School Director Matt Young.

Young said the school has been in contact with local authorities about the matter and wouldn't discuss any possible repercussion for the officer, calling it "a personnel matter." Young also declined to name the security officer.

"The school has put additional security procedures in place that follow local law enforcement practices and guidelines," Young said in a statement. "At no time was any student involved in this breach of protocol. We will continue to work on improving school security."

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http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2013/01/security_guard_leaves_gun_unat.html#incart_river
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/01/18/newly-hired-school-guard-leaves-unattended-handgun-in-student-bathroom/

[onehandle]

1. Nobody ever said that Rambo was smart. nt

[Throckmorton]

2. The law of unintended consequences.

Carry more guns at school, more guns accidentally left unattended at schools.

Next, the first accidental shooting by an armed security guard at a school.

Then the first accidental shooting death by an armed security guard at a school.

Ah, the price of the Second Amendment, but at least we ain't got Hitler.

[SmileyRose]

3. Oh gee there's a shocker

bringing guns into a school and eventually one is laying around where a kid can get it?

Shocked I tell ya, I'm just SHOCKED.

[Lex]

4. More guns = more gun mishaps. Period.

Anyone who thinks otherwise is foolish.

[gollygee]

5. Uh huh

This is the issue. People coming into schools with guns is a less likely circumstance than people with guns making mistakes.

[Fumesucker]

6. For a few moments = until someone else found it

If he had just turned around a few moments after he left it and gone back to retrieve we would never have heard about it.

[JDPriestly]

7. Guns in the schools is going to be one big mistake.

Horrors!

[Iggo]

8. MORE GUNS!!!

[Erose999]

9. Was it this guy?

Because you know, he's professional.