A school superintendent has resigned after an eight-year-old found his gun unattended in a bathroom. 

 

The firearm was discovered in Rising Star Elementary School in Texas - and many parents were furious because they were not informed about the incident when it happened.

 

The boy told his teacher about the gun, prompting the teacher to send him and another student to "go and be sure that's what he found".

 

https://news.sky.com/story/school-boss-resigns-after-eight-year-old-boy-finds-his-gun-unattended-in-a-bathroom-12816926

 

5 minutes ago, onthedarkside said:

after an eight-year-old found his gun unattended in a bathroom

So the eight-year-old owns a gun and found that gun in the school bathroom. Strange.

A gun in the bathroom? Maybe checking to see how much bigger his manhood was since he bought the gun!

2 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

So the eight-year-old owns a gun and found that gun in the school bathroom. Strange.

Ah, the school superintendent owned the gun, the 8 yr old found it in the toilet! Read the story!

1 hour ago, onthedarkside said:

The boy told his teacher about the gun, prompting the teacher to send him and another student to "go and be sure that's what he found".

Teacher, if this true, needs to seriously rethink their approach to being given such information.
 

And yes I am a teacher of children of this age and if given such information I would check myself rather than send children to look. 

“Mr Jones explained that he and Mr Stuteville carried weapons on campus because of school shootings that have happened across the US.

He added that parents and staff were aware that they carried firearms, and they had both undergone week-long training that included how to use a gun and how to de-escalate a situation.”

 

Did the training cover not leaving a gun unattended?

 

Plus why is an adult using a bathroom children have access to? That violates everything I know about child safety and protection in schools. 

2 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

Teacher, if this true, needs to seriously rethink their approach to being given such information.
 

And yes I am a teacher of children of this age and if given such information I would check myself rather than send children to look. 

Yea there's two issues here, the owner of the gun who was the school boss, leaving it in a bathroom accessible to the kids, the height of negligence and possibly criminally negligent if any harm had come. Then the teacher who told the boy to check.

 

Of course then there's the issue that they failed to tell the parents of the event when it happened. 

That’s just negligence 100% and then send the kids to check for real ?????Whoever this idiot is obviously shouldn’t be allowed to own a gun allowed to drive use tools of any kind this guy is an imbecile I’m truly flabbergasted 

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1 hour ago, Bluespunk said:

Teacher, if this true, needs to seriously rethink their approach to being given such information.
 

And yes I am a teacher of children of this age and if given such information I would check myself rather than send children to look. 

If you don't understand, then apparently you are not from Texas.

 

We train all our 8 year olds in precision shooting and proper firearm operation/management/safety.  The Texan child is fully capable of securing an unattended weapon.

 

School "boss" is obviously not a Texan.  Probably an Okie.  That is the disturbing issue here.

5 minutes ago, NotReallyHere said:

If you don't understand, then apparently you are not from Texas.

 

We train all our 8 year olds in precision shooting and proper firearm operation/management/safety.  The Texan child is fully capable of securing an unattended weapon.

 

School "boss" is obviously not a Texan.  Probably an Okie.  What is the world coming to?

I do understand.
 

If a child reports a gun in the bathroom, you as the adult check.

 

You do not send them back with another 8 year old to check it out. 

It’s not difficult to follow such simple procedures. 

4 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

I do understand.
 

If a child reports a gun in the bathroom, you as the adult check.

 

You do not send them back with another 8 year old to check it out. 

It’s not difficult to follow such simple procedures. 

Sorry, this was my attempt at humor.  Maybe you have to be from Texas to understand the humor.  Texans are a unique breed.

 

Not seriously debating the correctness of what you have written.

 

 

14 minutes ago, NotReallyHere said:

If you don't understand, then apparently you are not from Texas.

 

We train all our 8 year olds in precision shooting and proper firearm operation/management/safety.  The Texan child is fully capable of securing an unattended weapon.

 

School "boss" is obviously not a Texan.  Probably an Okie.  That is the disturbing issue here.

Paint me skeptical. You need a link to this obvious malarkey.

 

edit: OK, it's sarcasm.

 

"Mr Stuteville said he had placed his gun in the stall while using the bathroom, and that it had been unattended for about 15 minutes."

 

People who are that careless with guns, especially in an elementary school, should not be allowed to own a gun.  They are a threat to themselves and everyone around them.

 

Gun owners should be required to take a class on the safe handling and storage of their weapons, and should lose the right to own a gun after showing this level of incompetence.