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Say Anything: School Officials Suspend Teacher After She Posts Photo Of Herself With Gun On Facebook

  • Proof · 10 months ago
    Could have been worse! She could have posed with a copy of the Constitution! But then, the school district officials probably [b]wouldn't have recognized it[/b] for what it is and let her off with a warning!
  • Brent · 10 months ago
    So it isn't really news because a school district is being tyrannous, but instead because there is a teacher who likes firearms?
  • Rob · 10 months ago
    You could look at it that way. One of those two things is a hell of a lot more common than the other.
  • docdave · 10 months ago
    If she had merely molested a student, she would still be teaching. Oooooh, guns bad, very bad.

    You know the fear of guns in schools is about the same as the fear of global warming. Myths given reality through fear.
  • Sphagnum · 10 months ago
    There has GOT to be more to that story.... It is almost inconceivable that there would be anyone with that kind of a knee-jerk reaction to a picture of a firearm that they would "fire" a teacher for it.... but hey, I guess weirder things have happened...
  • Eddie_the_Hated · 10 months ago
    Teachers get fired for posting pictures of themselves in bikinis...

    I [b]wish[/b] my teachers packed heat. They're some of the most responsible people I know.
  • The Whistler · 10 months ago
    Maybe she was wearing a bikini when she was shooting. Some guys like those kinda pictures.

    I wonder if it was a male teacher out hunting if they would have overreacted so?
  • Rob · 10 months ago
    [quote]There has GOT to be more to that story.... It is almost inconceivable that there would be anyone with that kind of a knee-jerk reaction to a picture of a firearm that they would "fire" a teacher for it.... but hey, I guess weirder things have happened...[/quote]

    I've been thinking about that. She couldn't have been naked as I'm sure that would have been mentioned. And Facebook (I've read in other articles) is right on top of any posted nudity.

    Could she have been in a bikini as Whistler suggests? Maybe. But if so...so what?

    Are swimsuits now illegal too?
  • Carlene Gauler · 10 months ago
    Good God, who cares if she did this or not. I carry a gun, but I must say I don't POSE WITH IT FOR FACE BOOK. It IS FOR MY PROTECTION. I go an target shoot, etc, but if she is a professional person why would she do something so unprofessional, plus with the libs controlling the USA, she should have known this would happen. They say Bush invaded our privacy with all his policies, wait until the Libs get through with our privacy!
  • GregP · 10 months ago
    This is the picture in question:

    http://wkow.images.worldnow.com/images/9781795_...

    I'm ashamed to be from Wisconsin (more than normally) because of this story.
  • The Whistler · 10 months ago
    I wouldn't put a picture of myself like that.

    Still it's no reason to discipline her.
  • Rob · 10 months ago
    [quote]but if she is a professional person why would she do something so unprofessional[/quote]

    There's nothing unprofessional about that picture.
  • Bat One · 10 months ago
    There is no more radically leftwing city east of the San Andreas fault than Madison, Wisconsin. The idea that she even knows how to hold a gun would be reason enough to fire her.
  • The Whistler · 10 months ago
    [quote]RULE II: NEVER LET THE MUZZLE COVER ANYTHING YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO DESTROY[/quote]
  • 2Hotel9 · 10 months ago
    Where is the problem?
  • 2Hotel9 · 10 months ago
    Oh, and what is "unprofessional" about the pic?
  • Move_Zig · 10 months ago
    [quote]Oh, and what is "unprofessional" about the pic?[/quote]

    Well for one thing, her rifle-arm elbow is down.

    That'd prolly have invited a hailstorm of invective from my PMI.

    Somehow, I don't think that's what got the Edu-nazis all worked up.
  • Carlene S Gauler · 10 months ago
    Why does she need to show her self with a gun? If she likes to shoot, then fine, but being a teacher she should know better. Did she not realize that to the teachers union, that is a worst offence than rape of a child. She has no need to advertise her love of shooting! She was just inviting trouble or publicity? Not sure which one. If she wants to do this fine, but don't get upset whem the liberal teachers fine out.
  • 2Hotel9 · 10 months ago
    Ah, so freedom is only for those who agree with your political ideology, Carlene? That how it works in your "america" is it?

    Why should she not show an avatar of her with a weapon? Again, what is "unprofessional" about it?
  • benjaminwright · 10 months ago
    To deter employers from viewing social networking pages, employees might post on their pages legal terms of service under which employers agree to scram. This idea should not be taken as legal advice, just something for public discussion. --Ben
  • Rob · 10 months ago
    [quote]Why does she need to show her self with a gun? If she likes to shoot, then fine, but being a teacher she should know better[/quote]

    So, she should hide her perfectly legal hobby from the public because prudish busy-bodies like you don't like it?

    I guess that's ok. It's not like we live in a free country or anything.