Two first-graders in an Ohio elementary school found and removed a gun from an unlocked case that was brought to the school as a part of a concealed-carry program.
The gun belonged to a school official and was in an unlocked case left inside a classroomin the hands of security officers or staff onsite at schools, malls, and public spaces to potentially ward off mass shooters, but it’s seemed to prove futile in most cases. What those who think more guns are the answer to all of our gun problems might not have considered is what could happen if a concealed-carry permit holder accidentally left their gun unprotected — where kids could find it.
Such was the case at an elementary school in Sparta, Ohio, a small village north of Columbus, where two first-graders found and removed a gun from an unlocked case that was brought to the school as a part of a concealed-carry program,The students at Highland Elementary apparently found the gun when the authorized person in charge of the weapon went to the bathroom, leaving it unlocked in the classroom.
Luckily in this situation, no one was hurt but this hasn’t been the case in previous incidents where concealed-carry gun owners forget to lock up their weapons. Earlier this year,
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