Gun in pocket of 74-year-old substitute teacher discharges in 1st-grade Alabama classroom: A 74-year-old substitute teacher is behind bars after a gun in his pocket discharged inside a...

Sew_What

A 74-year-old substitute teacher is behind bars after a gun in his pocket discharged inside a first-grade classroom Friday.

http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2019/03/gun-in-pocket-of-72-year-old-substitute-teacher-discharges-in-1st-grade-alabama-classroom.html?fbclid=IwAR310AIaw-rRxhaiqS3V9I9v6L5SRVU_20Nfs9z6FLq1Gs4GYI2Y1vY0DiY

Canuckus Deploracus Loc: North of the wall

So what?

Boo_Boo Loc: Jellystone

Sew_What wrote:

A 74-year-old substitute teacher is behind bars after a gun in his pocket discharged inside a first-grade classroom Friday.

http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2019/03/gun-in-pocket-of-72-year-old-substitute-teacher-discharges-in-1st-grade-alabama-classroom.html?fbclid=IwAR310AIaw-rRxhaiqS3V9I9v6L5SRVU_20Nfs9z6FLq1Gs4GYI2Y1vY0DiY

Not the sharpest tool in the shed.... was he? Anyone that handles guns is aware of where the safety is and how to make sure it is off should the need to draw their weapon.... otherwise, safety on and away from kids..... at 74, he still has a lot to learn

Liberty Tree

Pennylynn wrote:

Not the sharpest tool in the shed.... was he? Anyone that handles guns is aware of where the safety is and how to make sure it is off should the need to draw their weapon.... otherwise, safety on and away from kids..... at 74, he still has a lot to learn

Liberals will want to use this one incident to institute more gun ban. One careless person does not a policy make.

Seth

Canuckus Deploracus wrote:

So what?

In some circles, they call that a host on the ol' petard.

Seth

Sew_What wrote:

A 74-year-old substitute teacher is behind bars after a gun in his pocket discharged inside a first-grade classroom Friday.

http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2019/03/gun-in-pocket-of-72-year-old-substitute-teacher-discharges-in-1st-grade-alabama-classroom.html?fbclid=IwAR310AIaw-rRxhaiqS3V9I9v6L5SRVU_20Nfs9z6FLq1Gs4GYI2Y1vY0DiY

No doubt that among denizens of the left, this will provoke the typical (excuse) reaction:

"Quick! Ban all guns!"

You have my sympathies that you don't have any corpses or other human misery in this instance upon which to capitalize and crow with delight.

Kevyn

Pennylynn wrote:

Not the sharpest tool in the shed.... was he? Anyone that handles guns is aware of where the safety is and how to make sure it is off should the need to draw their weapon.... otherwise, safety on and away from kids..... at 74, he still has a lot to learn

Perhaps it was a revolver without a safety.

Smedley_buzkill

Seth wrote:

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In this case it is "hoist by the old r****d."

Seth

Smedley_buzk**l wrote:

In this case it is "hoist by the old r****d."

That aptly describes it.

maximus Loc: Chattanooga, Tennessee

Kevyn wrote:

Perhaps it was a revolver without a safety.

Good point Kevyn. There are a lot of maybes here and no details. What caliber was the gun? Was it a wheel gun or a semi? Was it cocked. Was there a safety? Was it on safe? Was his hand in his pocket? Was the weapon a piece of junk?
I find it very, VERY hard to believe that the weapon just...went off. Never heard of that in my entire life.
To me, there are 2 main questions here;
!. Why did the substitute teacher have the gun in his pocket to start with? (being illegal)
2. What exactly caused the gun to fire?

Now for my opinion, the man was WRONG to have the gun at school. Good gun owners obey the law.
Wh**ever the reason the gun fired, the man should have been aware of the possibility. Good gun owners always know the condition of their firearms and what state they are in, i.e. is my weapon loaded, is my weapon cocked, is my weapon on safe, is my weapon's location on my body safe.
Personally, I would like to know all the missing details, but the man was wrong to have the gun at cshool.

Wonttakeitanymore

Need a gun for junior high and high school classrooms! Doctors used to carry guns in their lab coats in bad areas of la

Peewee Loc: San Antonio, TX

maximus wrote:

Good point Kevyn. There are a lot of maybes here a... (show quote)

Unless you know what state it happened in and what those schools allow, you are wrong to say he was wrong. Other than that, I agree with you. Yes, I saw 'your opinion' disclaimer.

Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

Sew_What wrote:

A 74-year-old substitute teacher is behind bars after a gun in his pocket discharged inside a first-grade classroom Friday.

http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2019/03/gun-in-pocket-of-72-year-old-substitute-teacher-discharges-in-1st-grade-alabama-classroom.html?fbclid=IwAR310AIaw-rRxhaiqS3V9I9v6L5SRVU_20Nfs9z6FLq1Gs4GYI2Y1vY0DiY

Wow, a gun accidentally fired??? That's historical, nothing like that has ever happened before.

Peewee Loc: San Antonio, TX

Peewee wrote:

Unless you know what state it happened in and what those schools allow, you are wrong to say he was wrong. Other than that, I agree with you. Yes, I saw 'your opinion' disclaimer.

It happened in AL which allows open carry if you have a license and is one of the least restrictive states in the nation.

It is a crime to discharge a weapon in a school. Not to possess one.

Is he a DEM/LIB? Did he do it on purpose? Was he paid to do it so the laws might be changed?

We need to know more.

maximus Loc: Chattanooga, Tennessee

Peewee wrote:

Unless you know what state it happened in and what those schools allow, you are wrong to say he was wrong. Other than that, I agree with you. Yes, I saw 'your opinion' disclaimer.

Peewee,
I did think that part of the arrest was having the gun where it is not allowed. If I'm wrong, I will retract the statement with apologies.
"The gun went off" is ludicrus because guns do not just go off. Some action always has to happen for a gun to fire.
It sounded like an anti gun report to me. The report didn't even give enough detail to make any kind of decision about it without a lot of guesswork.
I always like to read your posts.

Correction: happened in AL, eh? Even so, was he carrying in a gun free area?
The report is so vague that we are just guessing.

Second correction: One of the charges was possession of a firearm on school grounds, so I was right in that he was wrong to have the gun in the first place. After reading the report again, I' m convinced that it was written and posted by an anti gunner.