Of course, this is not something that happens frequently. But it’s the sort of thing that can happen — even to ostensibly “trained” “professionals” who are acting with deliberate intent and with an eye toward safety.
Putting more guns on more teachers in more classrooms is hypothetically a way to possibly address one danger. But it clearly introduces a new one.
Gun-trained teacher ‘accidentally’ discharges firearm in Calif. classroom, officials say, injuring student – The Washington Post
One student was reportedly treated for injuries that were not life-threatening.
So…I dont make any effort to follow US news, certainly am not searching for the info, but this is the 3rd accidental gun discharge 'accident' I've come across within a month… I wonder what the actual # is if gun wielding teacher incidents were tracked…
Negligently,
Incompetently,
Ignorantly.
+su ann lim it's WAY worse than that. There were at least 10 I've read about SO FAR THIS WEEK, since Monday