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Teacher Suspended For Toy Gun Used In Play
The Indy Channel ^
| October 12, 2006
| AP
Posted on 10/12/2006 10:27:18 AM PDT by Abathar
Man Had Prop Gun In Pants Pocket
NAPLES, Fla. -- School officials in Florida are deciding what to with a teacher who allegedly carried a toy gun around school property.
The Golden Gate Middle School teacher was suspended last week and is on administrative leave with pay. The teacher's name has not been released.
The sheriff's office said deputies were called to the school in Collier County, Fla., and found the teacher carrying the small plastic gun with a red tip in the back of his pants, but at no time was anyone in danger. He told deputies he found the toy in a prop box at the school and that it was used for a school play.
Collier County sheriffs spokeswoman Kristin Adams said the teacher did not make any threats to anyone, and no criminal violations were found.
But the school district is conducting its own investigation and will interview teachers, staff and students at the school about the incident. Officials are expected to make a decision soon regarding the teacher's job status.
"In light of what everyone has been hearing about bullying and campus security, it probably makes people a little more nervous," Allun Hamblett, executive director of human resources for the district, told Naples News. "We need to assure parents, teachers and students in the community that our schools are as safe as they can be."
The paper reported that Hamblett said the toy gun strongly resembled a 45 mm gun.
"We need to look at any mitigating factors -- how (the gun) was discovered, when it was discovered, how it was handled," Hamblett said. "Rest assured, we take any threat seriously."
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 2a; 2ndamendment; bang; banglist; bravenewschools; leftistschools; publicschools; rkba; secondamendment; zerotolerance
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"The paper reported that Hamblett said the toy gun strongly resembled a 45 mm gun."45mm handgun? Now that boy knows how to put the scare into someone, but only once.....
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posted on
10/12/2006 10:27:19 AM PDT
by
Abathar
To: Abathar
They seriously need to reign in the hysteria.
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posted on
10/12/2006 10:28:56 AM PDT
by
Jaded
("I have a mustard- seed; and I am not afraid to use it."- Joseph Ratzinger)
To: Abathar
LOL 45 mm handgun.
I want one of those!
A real hand cannon!
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posted on
10/12/2006 10:30:51 AM PDT
by
freedomlover
(Sorry, a tagline occurred. The tagline has been logged.)
To: Abathar
"School officials in Florida are deciding what to with a teacher who allegedly carried a toy gun around school property."
That sentence alone scares the crap out of me.
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posted on
10/12/2006 10:31:14 AM PDT
by
L98Fiero
(Evil is an exact science)
To: Abathar
The paper reported that Hamblett said the toy gun strongly resembled a 45 mm gun.Journalistic ignorance about firearms is simply breathtaking.
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posted on
10/12/2006 10:31:50 AM PDT
by
Disambiguator
(If the Democrats were a stock, I would short them.)
To: Abathar
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posted on
10/12/2006 10:32:44 AM PDT
by
Cobra64
(Why is the War on Terror being managed by the DEFENSE Department?)
To: Abathar
45 mm handgun in his hip pocket???? Who is this guy, the Jolly Green Giant?
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posted on
10/12/2006 10:34:42 AM PDT
by
sticker
To: Abathar
Hamblett said the toy gun strongly resembled a 45 mm gun.
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posted on
10/12/2006 10:35:32 AM PDT
by
holymoly
("A lot" is TWO words.)
To: L98Fiero
How about in-school suspension?
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posted on
10/12/2006 10:35:38 AM PDT
by
xrp
(Fox News Channel: MISSING WHITE GIRL NETWORK)
To: L98Fiero
My teacher in 7th grade was big into reenactments of the civil war. He brought his musket in and fired it at lunchtime with a blank round to show us how smokey and dirty it was, and how long it took to reload. To this day I will never forget that lesson, and to think that he would do time in prison if he tried that in these times.
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posted on
10/12/2006 10:36:00 AM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
To: Abathar
"We need to look at any mitigating factors -- how (the gun) was discovered, when it was discovered, how it was handled," Hamblett said. "Rest assured, we take any threat seriously." Oh just FGS !!!!! I feel like I have just awakened in another world.
How can this guy not be embarrassed by his own words?
To: Abathar
The paper reported that Hamblett said the toy gun strongly resembled a 45 mm gun...
!!!!!!!????????
To: daybreakcoming
"How can this guy not be embarrassed by his own words?"Great question, if a teacher ever said that around me he would probably turn red after I start laughing and pointing at him for a while.
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posted on
10/12/2006 10:39:29 AM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
To: daybreakcoming
Because he is being politically correct. Facts do not matter. What matters is that we must demonize guns so that the next generation will not learn how to use them, will be afraid of them, and will more likely be willing to vote democratic.
Of course, it is icing on the cake that people thus inculcated with a fear of all weapons are less independent and easier to control.
Sarcasm off
To: Abathar
"In light of what everyone has been hearing about bullying and campus security, it probably makes people a little more nervous," Allun Hamblett, executive director of human resources for the district, told Naples News. "We need to assure parents, teachers and students in the community that our schools are as safe as they can be."
In other words "I'm a brainless fool who cant make a simple decision when faced with a toy." said Allun, who parents by the way never learned how to spell Allen.
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posted on
10/12/2006 10:41:11 AM PDT
by
Mark was here
(How can they be called "Homeless" if their home is a field?.)
To: Abathar
"Hamblett said the toy gun strongly resembled a 45 mm gun."
You foolish, stupid man.....
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posted on
10/12/2006 10:41:48 AM PDT
by
NRA1995
(Clinton "tried", 3000 died)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
1.772 inch bore, he sure has a strong waistband....
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posted on
10/12/2006 10:41:56 AM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
To: Abathar
The paper reported that Hamblett said the toy gun strongly resembled a 45 mm gun. Wow.
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posted on
10/12/2006 10:42:12 AM PDT
by
Sloth
('It Takes A Village' is problematic when you're raising your child in Sodom.)
To: Jaded
"They seriously need to reign in the hysteria."
I'm series hysterical with laughter. A 45mm hand gun - it must be hugh!
We should be grateful that the principal was brave enough to confront and remove a teacher so hugh that he could carry a 45 mm hand gun in his rear pocket. That teacher must be nearly as large a Paul Bunyon.
Big brave principal, indeed. And the big, brave principal was most assuredly a man of principles, as he made sure the principle of a disarmed citizenry was supported at HIS school.
Oops - my mistake. This occurred in Naples, so it was probably Paul Bunion.
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posted on
10/12/2006 10:42:39 AM PDT
by
GladesGuru
(In a society predicated upon Liberty, it is essential to examine principles, - -)
To: Abathar
Man carrying the ammo would be quite a feat. No wonder it was unloaded.
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posted on
10/12/2006 10:43:27 AM PDT
by
doodad
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