Wednesday - April 27, 2005

Teachers And Guns

In Fairfax County, Virginia yesterday a school teacher was found to have a loaded gun in his car, according to the Washington Post. The car was locked. The teacher had a concealed carry permit. There was no reason to suspect the teacher of dangerous intentions. However, the teacher was placed on administrative leave (without pay) and is under investigation. Why? Because Viriginia has a law prohibiting firearms on school property, except by police. There must be more to this story than the WaPo is reporting. How did anyone know a gun was in the teacher’s car? Are schools sending people snooping around the parking lot nowadays? I sure would like to hear the rest of this story.

A Fairfax County high school teacher was charged yesterday with carrying a loaded handgun in his car while it was parked on school property.

Fairfax police said there was no evidence that Timothy D. Fudd, 31, a resource teacher at Westfield High School in Chantilly, intended to harm anyone. Police said his car was locked when the gun was found Monday morning.

“We found nothing to indicate that he had any plan of doing anything with the weapon,” said Officer Melissa Katinsky, a police spokeswoman.

School officials said Fudd, who was hired in October, has been placed on administrative leave without pay while the case is pending. Police said he turned himself in to police and was released on his own recognizance.

Fudd, of Stuart Drive in the Falls Church section of Fairfax County, did not return messages left at his home yesterday.

Posted by The Skipper     on 04/27/2005 at 06:07 AM   
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