A staff member who was worried about safety after the tragedy in Connecticut brought her own loaded gun to an elementary school on Wednesday.
It happened at Seward Montessori in south Minneapolis.
Police were called after the staff member told a teacher, who then told the principal.
“It’s unnerving to have that type of call come in when your children are there, and you hope they’re safe,” said Jeanette Wiedemeier-Bower.
Wiemeier-Bower’s 10-year-old son, and 13-year-old daughter attend Seward Montesorri. When she got a call from the school saying a loaded gun had been found, she was shocked and scared.
“I broke down,” she aid. “I had a little mini-breakdown at my work and then I pulled it together. The message said don’t come, everything is fine. So I knew they were okay.”
Police say a staff member in her late 50s brought a .357 magnum revolver into the school. It was loaded with five rounds. She put it in a locker in a faculty lounge and told a teacher. That teacher then told school officials, who alerted police.
read more at: Firearm Found Inside Mpls. School Staff Member’s Locker « CBS Minnesota
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You could lend a little bit of perspective on life:
The way I see it, this staff member made two mistakes:
1. She violated school policy regarding guns on campus.
While I don't condone her action, I can understand the fear that made her do this.
2. She told a teacher she had a gun.
If she would have kept silent, nobody would have known the gun was there...until some 20 year old nutjob came into the school with evil intent. Then she might be considered a hero.
On the other hand, that mother who had a "little mini-breakdown" really needs to get a grip on life.
Either gun owners hang onto the narrative that they are law abiding citizens, that no one needs to fear for them being armed, or they can support actions like this. You can't have it both ways were you talk about stopping criminals, while you are currently breaking the law. Now I get it that her crime is far far from a murder or a shooting, but it is still illegal what she did.
She is a criminal who broke the law with a firearm.
She is an idiot for telling anyone, sounds like bragging or attention seeking. Real heroes don't tell everyone they are 'ready'.
Don't know if she could get back to the locker and retrieve her firearm if a shooting occurred, just as likely to be gunned down in the hall going to the breakroom.
When we have an ongoing armed suppression of Canada and Mexico that has rockets and suicide bombers attacking us in droves I'd take a hard look at what Israel does. Course we'd also have the majority of our civilian population as a reserve force rotating to active duty from time to time far in excess of our National Guard and far more detrimental to our economy.
What I'd like to see is the more 'guns' in schools crowd become armed teachers and put a little bit of their-self behind their convictions.
Convictions are easy when you expect others to fulfill them. :roll:
1. She is a criminal who broke the law with a firearm.
She is an idiot for telling anyone, sounds like bragging or attention seeking. Real heroes don't tell everyone they are 'ready'.
2. Don't know if she could get back to the locker and retrieve her firearm if a shooting occurred, just as likely to be gunned down in the hall going to the breakroom.
3. When we have an ongoing armed suppression of Canada and Mexico that has rockets and suicide bombers attacking us in droves I'd take a hard look at what Israel does. Course we'd also have the majority of our civilian population as a reserve force rotating to active duty from time to time far in excess of our National Guard and far more detrimental to our economy.
4. What I'd like to see is the more 'guns' in schools crowd become armed teachers and put a little bit of their-self behind their convictions.
Convictions are easy when you expect others to fulfill them. :roll:
The culture, and gun culture, in Israel and the United States is so widely different its not even comparable.
The way I see it, this staff member made two mistakes:
1. She violated school policy regarding guns on campus.
While I don't condone her action, I can understand the fear that made her do this.
2. She told a teacher she had a gun.
If she would have kept silent, nobody would have known the gun was there...until some 20 year old nutjob came into the school with evil intent. Then she might be considered a hero.
On the other hand, that mother who had a "little mini-breakdown" really needs to get a grip on life.
Odds are she told the teacher thinking the teacher would like to know in case something happened. It may shock you, but people who own guns do sometimes do things with good intentions too. And they cannot put their money where their mouth is because the "progressives" are afraid of change.
1. Essentially the same thing I said in my OP...though I didn't use such harsh wording.
2. On the other hand, she just might be able to get to her gun and save a number of lives. Also, if she wasn't the only teacher or staff armed and ready, the nutjob's chances are dramatically reduced.
3. To hear those taking advantage of the recent nutjobs, we have our own version of terrorist out to get us.
4. I've already proven my conviction by spending a great part of my life in the U.S. Army. That started when I voluntarily enlisted at age 17. But, you know, there is no shortage of educators and staff with the same sort of conviction...one of whom I know personally. He's my son who is currently pursuing his music ed degree. He's also comfortable with the use of firearms since I introduced them to him when he was 7 years old. I don't think he would have a problem conducting his orchestra while armed and I'm certain he would do what's necessary to protect children against a nutjob. He's a good shot.
Just sayin'. I dont think all teachers should be forced to carry a weapon. This alone could lead to danger (the government should NEVER force someone to carry a gun. This may lead to spite and guess what?... they now have a gun). But if a teacher is comfortable with having one I say that's A-OK by me. Sorta how parents in America are now. If you are comfy with guns you might/probably have one. If you hate them then you don't.
Either gun owners hang onto the narrative that they are law abiding citizens, that no one needs to fear for them being armed, or they can support actions like this. You can't have it both ways were you talk about stopping criminals, while you are currently breaking the law. Now I get it that her crime is far far from a murder or a shooting, but it is still illegal what she did.
Just sayin'. I dont think all teachers should be forced to carry a weapon. This alone could lead to danger (the government should NEVER force someone to carry a gun. This may lead to spite and guess what?... they now have a gun). But if a teacher is comfortable with having one I say that's A-OK by me. Sorta how parents in America are now. If you are comfy with guns you might/probably have one. If you hate them then you don't.
Rosa Parks broke the law.Another law abiding citizen. She knew she didn't care and did it anyhow. WHo else thinks like that.
..... read a little slower and perhaps try to comprehend it. I agree with you.Forced. Freedom and forced. Good luck with that whatevery country you live in. I live in the USA and I'll be damned if someone is going to FORCE Me to carry a gun just to make them feel better. Same junk as the pro life extremists.
What are the differences? Do you really know what the culture and "gun" culture of Israel is like?
Israel is surrounded by approximately a billion people that want to kill them. Palestinians refuse to recognize their right to exist and make peace with them. Instead they launch dumb rockets at them regularly and sponsor all kinds of terrorist attacks into the country.
We don't have to face that kind of outside threat. So, while I don't know the specifics, I can appreciate that their culture would have a different attitude towards guns than the average American.
I have pointed out before, when most American families were required to own arms, could be assumed to be armed and there were little to no restriction on where you could carry you gun, America had a very low murder rate. We know that more guns in legal hands and reasonable self defense laws can and has prevented violent crime.
We also know that guns will not disappear in America anytime soon or if ever.
We also know that Armed Citizens are the final line of defense of the Country. This holds true whether there is currently a realistic threat or not. Considering how some want to cut defense, can we say absolutely that that final line will not be needed in the future? No.
Like any other issue we cannot point to a single cause nor will any action taken that address only one of the pertinent issues will actually fix the problem. We can ban the sale of "assault" rifles, but millions of them still exist in private hands. How long would such a ban have to last before it had a significant affect and reduce the numbers already in our society? We know that violent crime tends to concentrate in certain areas and with certain segments of our society.
Instead of tracking how much crime is committed with legally owned weapons vs those that are illegally obtained, our government is attempting to attack all gun owners. Why don't we try a maximum effort to remove illegal guns from our society before we start attacking and changing the rights of legal owners? Some are using the actions of a very small minority to attack the rights of the majority.
So taking all of this into account, how do you think we can change our society to better control violence in our society? That should be the goal, shouldn't it?
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