[Richard Kimball]

FWIW, I work for a college, and try to be careful about my representations on the web. On my web sites, where I'm identified by name, I make no reference to my college, except as a customer when they buy my photography services.

I haven't been to her facebook page, but I suspect she clearly labels herself as an employee of the school. If she's done that, anything on the page represents not only her, but her organization.

Had I been her administrator, I would have been more likely to talk to her about being careful about her image, and requested that she either take the photo down or remove information about her affiliation with the school. I would then warn her that what you post on the press is public property. There have been a ton of instances in which people have lost jobs for themselves and coworkers by posting stupid junk on the net. Remember just a few months ago when some Burger King guy got camcorded taking a bath in the kitchen sink. It got him, his coworkers and the manager fired. Too bad, so sad.

I wouldn't have suspended her, but administrators tend to be a spineless lot in the best of circumstances.

[2ndDivisionVet]

The employee taking a bath in the kitchen sink at Burger King was violating company policy, health regulations and safety. The teacher holding a firearm was doing none of these things. Are we truly this browbeaten by the PC police that we will bow to their every whim? Remember, we gained our independence from the barrel of a rifle, not from grandiose speeches and books.

[familyop]

"I haven't been to her facebook page, but I suspect she clearly labels herself as an employee of the school. If she's done that, anything on the page represents not only her, but her organization."

Well, we wouldn't have wanted Ronald Reagan, who pointed weapons at the camera, to be a school teacher.