A teacher who also serves as a reserve police officer accidentally fired a gun inside a Seaside High School classroom Tuesday, police said, and three students were injured.
Dennis Alexander was teaching a course about gun safety for his Administration of Justice class when his gun went off at 11 a.m.
Alexander was pointing his gun at the ceiling when it fired. Pieces of the ceiling fell to the ground.
A news release from the Seaside Police Department said no one suffered "serious injuries." One 17-year-old boy suffered moderate injuries when fragments from the bullet ricocheted off the ceiling and lodged into his neck, the student's father, Fermin Gonzales, told KSBW.
The teacher had just told the class that he wanted to make sure his gun wasn't loaded, when the gun fired, according to Gonzales.
"It's the craziest thing. It could have been very bad," Gonzales said.
The teacher was about to use the gun for a demonstration about how to disarm someone, according to Gonzales.
So to be clear a teacher, who is also a police officer, with extensive training in firearms, accidentally fires his weapon in a classroom full of children, injuring one.
And yet the solution to gun violence in schools is supposed to be MORE armed teachers?
Got it.
There are a number of things about this story that deeply trouble me, but right at the top is the fact that this individual was teaching children that they should attempt to "disarm" a gun man.
I studied martial arts for decades, and the idea of going after a gun wielding assailant was NEVER encouraged.
As one instructor put it, "You are not going to be a help to anybody while bleeding out on the floor."
This teacher was teaching dangerous ideas while also introducing an instrument of death into his classroom.
He should be fired immediately. From BOTH of his jobs.
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