Plymouth-Canton teacher charged with bringing a gun says he meant no harm

[jpak]

http://www.freep.com/article/20110506/NEWS02/110506026/Plymouth-Canton-teacher-charged-bringing-gun-says-he-meant-no-harm?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE

A Plymouth-Canton schools teacher charged with bringing a gun to school says he never intended to shoot anyone, despite testimony that he had a 9-millimeter handgun under his seat when he went to school April 14.

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No,” Schepansky said when asked whether he intended to harm anyone the day police canceled classes at the three high schools at the Plymouth-Canton Educational Park, believing Schepansky was a threat. “I really love my job, and I’ve worked really hard at it.”

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“He said he would never commit the ‘s-word,’ he would only commit the ‘h-word,’” MacGregor said. “I didn’t know what that meant, and I asked for clarification. He said he liked himself too much to commit suicide, he would only commit homicide.”

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“(Schepansky) was swearing, yelling and saying things like, ‘Someone here needs to die,’ muttering the word suicide and continuing to thrash around the room,” said Benages, who described herself as a workplace friend of Schepansky’s.

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My vote for the well-adjusted fun-loving law-abider of the day

yup

[Atypical Liberal]

1. Unrecommended for no policy commentary.

[rl6214]

4. You mean her snark ISN"T policy?

[ileus]

2. So I assume this is the story about the gun that didn't kill people?

[iverglas]

5. no, no, no

This is the story about how any teacher who wants to pack a pistol in the classroom should be allowed to do so, to keep everybody safe.

Cheeses.

[ileus]

3. edit wrong thread

[Taitertots]

6. The mentally unfit are already legally prohibited from owning or possessing guns

He was already legally prohibited from taking it to school.