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A Marjory Stoneman Douglas teacher and shooting survivor was arrested and charged after he allegedly left his pistol in a public restroom, where it was later fired, police said.
Sean Simpson, who was at the Parkland, Florida, high school in February when 17 people were shot and killed, left his loaded firearm in a bathroom stall at the Deerfield Beach Pier on Sunday, according to the Broward County Sheriff's Office.
The science teacher told police he went back to retrieve the gun and found it in the hands of a homeless man who appeared intoxicated. Joseph Spataro, 69, had picked it up and fired it into a wall, according to police records.
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Why is there a drunk homeless guy in the school?
Just how bad is the security in this place?
I'd carry too, aside from all the media attention, if there were drunk hobos flowing around the halls.
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bignflnut wrote:
Why is there a drunk homeless guy in the school?
Just how bad is the security in this place?
I'd carry too, aside from all the media attention, if there were drunk hobos flowing around the halls.
That's not what the article says at all. It has nothing to do with the school, other than now this incident will be misused by the other side an an excuse to justify their decision not to allow school staff to carry inside the school.
Yeah. Wow. How did I miss that?
So, this teacher did NOT bring the gun to and leave it at school.
Mah fault.
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Whether this happened in the school or not this is not helpful. I doubt that we would even be hearing about this had he not been a teacher at that particular school. Apparently leaving guns behind in restrooms is not as uncommon as it should be. I have never done so but it is something I am always fearful of doing when having to use the facilities.
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I don't understand removing the gun from the holster in a restroom, in the first place. What kind of crappy holster are you using that your gun won't stay put when you drop your britches ?
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Bruenor wrote:I don't understand removing the gun from the holster in a restroom, in the first place. What kind of crappy holster are you using that your gun won't stay put when you drop your britches ?
A lot do it, because the gun + holster then causes one's belt to fall all the way to the floor. I would say of my 13 years in law enforcement, we've maybe gotten five guns left in restrooms. Sometimes they are returned. I'm still puzzled at the two or three that haven't been picked up.
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Bruenor wrote:I don't understand removing the gun from the holster in a restroom, in the first place. What kind of crappy holster are you using that your gun won't stay put when you drop your britches ?
A lot do it, because the gun + holster then causes one's belt to fall all the way to the floor. I would say of my 13 years in law enforcement, we've maybe gotten five guns left in restrooms. Sometimes they are returned. I'm still puzzled at the two or three that haven't been picked up.
Those who left the guns behind may believe they'd be charged with a crime if they came to retrieve them from the P.D.
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Bruenor wrote:I don't understand removing the gun from the holster in a restroom, in the first place. What kind of crappy holster are you using that your gun won't stay put when you drop your britches ?
A lot do it, because the gun + holster then causes one's belt to fall all the way to the floor. I would say of my 13 years in law enforcement, we've maybe gotten five guns left in restrooms. Sometimes they are returned. I'm still puzzled at the two or three that haven't been picked up.
Those who left the guns behind may believe they'd be charged with a crime if they came to retrieve them from the P.D.
I can think of several reasons why someone would not attempt to retrieve a gun from the police. They could be a felon, underage or too embarrassed. Maybe they were an underage embarrassed felon?
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JediSkipdogg wrote:A lot do it, because the gun + holster then causes one's belt to fall all the way to the floor. I would say of my 13 years in law enforcement, we've maybe gotten five guns left in restrooms. Sometimes they are returned. I'm still puzzled at the two or three that haven't been picked up.
Those who left the guns behind may believe they'd be charged with a crime if they came to retrieve them from the P.D.
I can think of several reasons why someone would not attempt to retrieve a gun from the police. They could be a felon, underage or too embarrassed. Maybe they were an underage embarrassed felon?
Or simply because they don't have a CHL.
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