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Safety 101: School Brass Fires Gun In Class
Superintendent Says He doesn't Know How Gun Was Loaded

POSTED: Tuesday, March 9, 2010
UPDATED: 5:21 am CST March 9, 2010

BILLINGS, Mont. -- The superintendent of a rural Montana school district says he was showing students his black powder muzzleloader when he accidentally fired the weapon into a classroom wall during a history lesson.

Dwain Haggard, who used to be a Civil War re-enactor, was showing the gun to five students in Reed Point High School's American history class Friday when it fired.

No one was injured, and Haggard says he can't explain how the weapon was loaded.

He says he usually fires a cap during the demonstration, but this time there was a loud bang and the room filled with smoke.

The ball shot through the "o'' in the word "North" on a wall map.

Haggard says none of the students' parents was upset with him. He described the incident as "bitter irony" because he has tried to increase safety in the school district west of Billings.

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Information from: Billings Gazette, http://www.billingsgazette.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


OK Class - Rule Number 1 is?????



Doug

Maybe add a Rule 5 for muzzle loaders....don't put a cap on the cone unless you intend to fire the weapon.

dumb


I just don't understand how people 'teaching' safety violate the rules that they're supposed to be teaching. Reminds me of that youtube clip of the DEA guy having an ND in a classroom...

SQLGeek wrote:....don't put a cap on the cone unless you intend to fire the weapon.

According to the article, he did intend to fire a cap.

It's time he learned that a ramrod has two functions: seating the load, and measuring the barrel to see if it's loaded.

chabouk wrote:

SQLGeek wrote:....don't put a cap on the cone unless you intend to fire the weapon.

According to the article, he did intend to fire a cap.

It's time he learned that a ramrod has two functions: seating the load, and measuring the barrel to see if it's loaded.

Ah I missed that line somehow. Good point about the ramrod. It's not easy to accidently load a muzzle loader, so I'm not sure what in the heck was going on in his mind.