Teacher fires blanks at class

[combat45acp]

Teacher Fires Blanks from handgun at students.

 

[Fletch]

Teacher Fires Blanks from handgun at students.

Wow, life imitates art...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuCNlYOgwaA&feature=related

 

[TaunTaun]

Arm our kids to protect themselves from their teachers!

Arm our teachers to protect themselves from our kids!

Arm the crazy janitor (He is like a GAWD, protecting you from on high!)!

Arm them all, and things will probably start getting a lot more polite...


But on a more serious note, WTF was this guy thinking?

 

[Mike H]

What a dumb azz.
He just filed for early retirement.

 

[eldirector]

Uh, wow.

Question:
Is a blanks-only "gun" (eg: a Starter Pistol) actually a firearm by Indiana law?

At first blush, no (it does not fire, and cannot easily be converted to fire, a projectile). It would be allowed on school property (legally, but surely against policy), and not be part of our "pointing a firearm" law (since it isn't a firearm).

I wonder what this idiot's 6 felony charges are for?

 

[TaunTaun]

What a dumb azz.
He just filed for early retirement.

He noticed his pension wasn't adding up right, so he got himself into a care facility at taxpayers expense....

 

[steve666]

He just needs to be happy that the students didn't return fire, I doubt that their guns are loaded with blanks.

 

[WC Deer Hunter]

Uh, wow.

Question:
Is a blanks-only "gun" (eg: a Starter Pistol) actually a firearm by Indiana law?

At first blush, no (it does not fire, and cannot easily be converted to fire, a projectile). It would be allowed on school property (legally, but surely against policy), and not be part of our "pointing a firearm" law (since it isn't a firearm).

I wonder what this idiot's 6 felony charges are for?

Well since he was on VA and not IN it doesn't matter. VA charged him with 6 felony counts of brandishing a firearm according to the article.


WTF is wrong with people these days?

 

[rotortech]

What this guy did was bad and I am glad that there will be legal consequences. Now, what if someone was carrying a firearm - a student, another teacher or a passerby? If I walked in on that scene I would have shot this guy without reservation.

This idiot not only scared the hell out of his students, but put everyone at risk in doing so.

 

[BlueEagle]

I would have been rather leery of doing this in a welding class. Those students were probably pretty terrified and pissed....he's lucky he didn't get a slag hammer through the skull or get his face melted off with a torch.

EDIT: For the record, wouldn't want to do it ANYWHERE....just thought that a welding class was a bit more high-risk than other places.

 

[Eric05]

Funny story, my 8th grade history teacher kept and old percussion cap rifle on her desk. She fire it off a couple of times im the class room. It didnt have and powder loaded just the cap. It was loud as hell and no one made a fuss about it.

Not the same but anyway... This guy is an idiot. Scared the crap out of the kids probably.

 

[squirrelhntr]

I would have been rather leery of doing this in a welding class. Those students were probably pretty terrified and pissed....he's lucky he didn't get a slag hammer through the skull or get his face melted off with a torch.

EDIT: For the record, wouldn't want to do it ANYWHERE....just thought that a welding class was a bit more high-risk than other places.

I worked with at a shop where one employee attacked another with a slag hammer. No life threating wounds, but he was hospitalized. You gotta watch who you **** off sometimes.

 

[JetGirl]

Question:
Is a blanks-only "gun" (eg: a Starter Pistol) actually a firearm by Indiana law?

No. They (like the muzzleloaders that can not be converted) do not get logged into the bound book.

 

[lowendgenerator]

My shop teacher was a little out there, but this is just INSANE! This guy is going to spend the rest of his life in prison for this. What motivates a person to do such a stupid thing?

 

[WC Deer Hunter]

My shop teacher was a little out there, but this is just INSANE! This guy is going to spend the rest of his life in prison for this. What motivates a person to do such a stupid thing?

Every shop teacher I ever had was borderline nuts. I had one that would get students in headlocks if the pissed him off. This guy pushed it over the.limit and went full blown psycho.

 

[beararms1776]

What an ignorantpottimus!

 

[combat45acp]

Every shop teacher I ever had was borderline nuts. I had one that would get students in headlocks if the pissed him off. This guy pushed it over the.limit and went full blown psycho.

Same here, every shop teacher I had was a bubble off too.

Lining them up was the crazy part. Wasn't like he shot one in the air to wake up a sleeping student or something, this dude was outta control.

EPIC FAIL...

 

[jblomenberg16]

I'm betting dollars to donuts he was paid off to pull the stunt by some anti's, or maybe even the gubment itself.

Way to odd of circumstances, so just doesn't make sense why he would do it, but it would definitely serve the anti gun crowds agenda.

If the guy was nuts, why would he want to "Scare 'em real good" with a blank gun? What is the point? One would think if he was nuts that he'd probably go through with the real thing.

On the other hand, I could see him getting paid off to pull this stunt to draw attention to "Just how easy it is to get guns into a school" further bolstering the case that all guns should be banned. Of course, as cold as the anti crowd could be, they wouldn't go through with the murder of actual students with a real gun.

The timing is great for them...high emotions about gun control in the Trevon case, as well as in the WV cases, and lots of national news media about other recent school and workplace shootings. Why not get on the band wagon and stir up some more press?

 

[Floater]

I'm betting dollars to donuts he was paid off to pull the stunt by some anti's, or maybe even the gubment itself.

Way to odd of circumstances, so just doesn't make sense why he would do it, but it would definitely serve the anti gun crowds agenda.

If the guy was nuts, why would he want to "Scare 'em real good" with a blank gun? What is the point? One would think if he was nuts that he'd probably go through with the real thing.

On the other hand, I could see him getting paid off to pull this stunt to draw attention to "Just how easy it is to get guns into a school" further bolstering the case that all guns should be banned. Of course, as cold as the anti crowd could be, they wouldn't go through with the murder of actual students with a real gun.

The timing is great for them...high emotions about gun control in the Trevon case, as well as in the WV cases, and lots of national news media about other recent school and workplace shootings. Why not get on the band wagon and stir up some more press?

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Professor Brandon Lee, Industrial Hygenie and Film Department, will now address the class on why that is a bad idea.