RI Students to Legislators: We Are Not Targets

← ProJo My Turn: Elizabeth Abbott: RI Should Defy the Gun Lobby Week 2: Students Not Targets Rally → Students from Around Rhode Island Protest at the State House With the 2018 session winding down and no action on The Safe Schools Act, students demonstrated...

Accidental Firearm Discharge in Virginia Middle School

No injuries were reported when a school resource officer accidentally discharged his service weapon in his office. The incident took place at George Washington Middle School. “The shot was fired as the officer, a five-year veteran of the Alexandria Police...

Teacher Accidentally Discharges Gun During Safety Class

One student is injured by a bullet fragement and two students suffer non-gunshot injuries at Seaside High School in California. The students were attending a public safety class when the teacher pointed a semiautomatic gun at the ceiling and accidentally fired it. The...

Teacher and Reserve Police Officer Accidentally Injures Three Students

A teacher accidentally discharges his firearm during a public safety awareness class as Seaside High School in California. He did not know the gun was loaded as he shot one bullet at the ceiling; student injuries resulted from ricohet and ceiling debris. The teacher,...

Teacher Fires Gun in Georgia High School Classroom

Social Studies teacher Jesse Randal Davidson, 53, fired a gun in a classroom at Dalton High School in Georgia at 11:30 am on February 28, 2018. The principal, Steve Bartoo, described Davidson as an excellent teacher who was fit to be at work. Principal Steve Bartoo...

Police Officer Shoots Himself in the Leg at Prep School

Email Reps NOW An officer responding to a lockdown at North Broward Preparatory School in Florida accidentally shot himself in the leg at the school. The original report that triggered the lockdown turned out to be a false alarm. The school is located about 8 miles...

Third Grader Pulls Trigger of Cop’s Holstered Gun

A police officer was sitting on a bench talking to students at Harmony Learning Center in Maplewood, MN when a third-grader pressed the trigger of his holstered weapon, firing one shot. The officer said he did not know the child was touching his gun; no physical...

RI Deputy Sheriff Accidentally Discharges Gun While Off Duty

An R.I. Deputy Sheriff is on administrative duty after unintentionally discharging his off-duty weapon at a hotel in Rockland, MA. The incident occured while the Deputy Sheriff was securing his personal off-duty handgun in his room. Rockland Police Department, who...