Thread: High school teacher accidentally fires gun in classroom, injures student

Originally Posted by Beezer

"A high school teacher in Northern California accidentally fired a gun inside a classroom Tuesday afternoon and injured at least one student."

And from the article:

The Mercury News reported that Dennis Alexander, a reserve police officer for Sand City, had been providing safety instructions at Seaside High School when he accidentally fired a single shot from a semi-automatic handgun into the ceiling, police said.

A student was hit in the neck by debris after the bullet ricocheted off the ceiling, but was not seriously injured, police said.

Posted this in another similar thread but it seems to apply here also:

Accidents are going to happen, but it was no accident that killed 14 children and 3 teachers in Parkland, Florida, 12 children and one teacher in Columbine, Colorado or the 20 children between six and seven years old and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Conn. That's a total of 56 people deliberately and maliciously murdered in gun free zones. I'll bet the parents, husbands, wives, etc. of those poor murdered souls wish there had been armed protectors available in those instances.

I'm sort of in the middle on this issue, but for the sake of honest discussion, both sides of the conversation need to be heard. Personally, I'd like to see one armed resource officer assigned to each school per 1,000 students. Of course in many places that may be cost prohibitive. I don't know what the best option is, but all options should be seriously considered and evaluated.