JoeGoats t1_j32d8r2 wrote
Reply to comment by xAtlas5 in Parents Seek Answers After Gun Found in Waxahachie, TX School Bathroom by cdbaca
I'm not saying it wasn't stupid as hell but depending how you carry it's a very possible mistake to make. My guess would be the gun was removed to take a shit and left behind pretty simple but pretty stupid. Again we've all left our phones places we've all left our keys places. I'm not justifying the action just saying it was a stupid question to ask and the administrator was stupid to do it. The administrator should be fired.
Most people don't carry "chunky mother fuckers". Most people carry subcompacts that while about 1 inch thick have the same or smaller foot print than most plus sized phones.
xAtlas5 t1_j32dx9x wrote
No duh, but even then it should be very, very obvious that you don't have a holster on your waist. The only way a firearm and keys are really comparable in that they're things that are usually carried, but other than that there's a significant weight (both metaphorically and literally) that should be hard for one to forget.
Makes you wonder how seriously they actually take carrying in a school.
JoeGoats t1_j32ebui wrote
I agree that is why this is probably the first incident of this happening that most of us have read about. On the other bit, have you ever seen the key ring for an administrator or person with extensive access at a large institution that isn't using RFID? I'm an upper management desk jockey and my work key chain weighs the same as my P238 and is less comfortable to carry lol.
xAtlas5 t1_j32ekut wrote
And yet it's still noticable when you don't have your work keychain, no?
JoeGoats t1_j32ewxe wrote
I leave my keys on my desk or someone else's desk and have to go back for them about 6 times a year.
xAtlas5 t1_j32f26a wrote
Man, you must not pay much attention if you don't hear a noisy-ass keychain on your waist.
JoeGoats t1_j32fsow wrote
I'm not a janitor that shit doesn't go on my waist lol.
No-Bother6856 t1_j32sf43 wrote
You really just sound like an ass here. How is someone forgetting their keys some "oh your absent minded moron" moment. Thats just a normal human thing that happens.
xAtlas5 t1_j32tqjh wrote
And you really sound like an idiot if you think that a set of keys, phone, wallet has the same level of importance as a firearm and therefore it's excusable if someone forgets one in a public space.
No-Bother6856 t1_j32tz0e wrote
When did I ever say that? Oh wait. I DIDN'T. I just responded to your post questioning how this other poster could possibly forget his keys like its some bizare concept.
xAtlas5 t1_j32v2sk wrote
You didn't, but your reply in defense of the idea that one can somehow equate forgetting keys -- a significant key ring, according to them -- to forgetting a firearm on top of the fact that you said that I "sound like an ass" pretty clearly indicates what you think.
No u.
No-Bother6856 t1_j330rfa wrote
I didn't reply in defense of that, I replied pointing out you sound like an ass for thinking its unreasonable someone could forget their keys because "how do you not hear them"
xAtlas5 t1_j335vzm wrote
You kind of did. If you can't hear a lot of keys jangling around that are about equal weight to a P238, and don't notice the lack of the additional weight, you kind of might need to pay more goddamn attention.
Why do you care, anyway? This thread is about people equating keys and whatnot to firearms as if forgetting the former is equivalent to forgetting the latter.
cantuse t1_j33yql6 wrote
If you misplace a gun while on watch in the military, I guarantee you’re seeing article 15 or captains mast, regardless of context. An armed employee in a school should be held to the same standard.
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