CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania State Police say a teacher at a Christian school accidently left her loaded pistol in a bathroom, where it was found by elementary school children.
Police say 63-year-old Beth Jean Dixon put her pistol on a toilet tank when she used the unisex, one-toilet bathroom Aug. 25 at Cumberland Christian School, in Chambersburg. They say she forgot about it and left.
Four children ages 6 to 8 used the bathroom while the gun was on the toilet. One child told his parent, who told a teacher.
The school president tells the Public Opinion (http://bit.ly/2c6wVwQ ) the gun was loaded. No one was injured.
Police say she immediately resigned.
She’s facing charges including reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of children.
No attorney information or phone listing is available for Dixon.
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OK all those millions and millions of gun rights supporters who want open carry, permitless conceal carry, and those on the terror watch list shouldn’t be banned from owning guns is this your Achilles heel? Can not one of you design a holster or devise that reminds gun owners and carriers what to do with your piece when using a restroom?
Thank doG she was a responsible gun owner.
It will be even sorrier (but not unexpected) if the parents of the kids in that school continue to support arming teachers.
Good that she resigned. Now complete the circle by confiscating her gun(s) and forbidding her from ever owning any again. I’ll buy the argument that most gun owners, if not reliably responsible, are not all accident waiting to happen fuck-ups. However, this is an example of the kind of person that “responsible gun owners” should want removed from their midst, so to speak.
That being said, I’m still in favor of banning handgun ownership, though I know it will never happen and any attempt to achieve this would result in a great deal of carnage.
I’m not understanding why this teacher would be carrying her weapon to the restroom in the first place. Concealed carry? Or did she think a transgendered rapist was lying in wait?