First Teacher Busted for Carrying a Gun to School for Defense

Earlier this week, I made a prediction on Facebook that it was only a matter of time before the liberal media began making examples out of teachers who took it upon themselves to have the means to protect their classrooms. I predicted that in early 2013, the reports would come of teachers busted for carrying a firearm to school for self defense and to protect their classrooms from copy cat and "prozac fueled" mentally ill persons.

It didn't even take a week after Sandy Hook before a teacher was busted at Seward Montessori in south Minneapolis. CBS reports:


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.

Investigators say this is extremely rare.

“This is the first instance that I can think of that involves a staff member,” said Sgt. William Palmer of the Minneapolis Police Department.

A spokesman said the staff member has worked in the school district for 21 years without incident. She was put on administrative leave. She told police that she was concerned about what happened in Newtown, Conn.

More of these stories are coming. On a happier note, Eric Burlison, a state rep in Missouri recently co-sponsored a bill that would give teachers the right to conceal and carry in the classroom so they can self defend themselves and the classroom.

Let's hope nothing ever happens at Seward Montessori that creates the need for this teacher who decided she had had enough and was going to do whatever it takes to protect herself and her students.