This Parkland teacher left his gun in a public bathroom. It was loaded, BSO says.

[brooklynite]

Not the most normal sight: a gun left in the bathroom stall.

But that's exactly what went down on Sunday in a men's room at the Deerfield Beach Pier.

The circumstances of how the Glock 9mm got there are unusual.

According to the Broward Sheriff's Office, the weapon was left by Sean Simpson. If his name sounds familiar, he's the teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas who said he'd be willing to arm himself while on duty.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/article208653029.html?__twitter_impression=true

[mercuryblues]

1. The teacher should be arrested

for leaving his gun unattended. Anyone could have picked it up and started shooting.

[marble falls]

2. I agree and have his 2nd amendment rights curtailed.

[sarisataka]

3. He was arrested... nt

[mercuryblues]

7. goes to show

I shoulda read the story. Someone also did find it and shoot.

he was charged with nothing more than a misdemeanor.

[Initech]

4. What could go wrong?

[riversedge]

5. "a drunk homeless man who had picked it up and fired. The bullet hit a wall."

According to the sheriff's office report, Simpson told deputies he'd left his gun by accident. By the time the chemistry teacher realized his mistake, the Glock was already in the hands of a drunk homeless man who had picked it up and fired. The bullet hit a wall.

Simpson was able to grab the gun away from the vagrant, Joseph Spataro, who was charged with firing a weapon while intoxicated and trespassing.

As for the MSD teacher, he was arrested and charged with failing to safely store a firearm, a second-degree misdemeanor. Simpson posted a $250 cash bond and was released.

Local 10 reached out to the educator who would not comment but did say carrying a weapon around did not violate school board rules. He continues to be employed and no disciplinary action is expected to be taken, added the station...................

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[Nanjeanne]

6. Oy.

[Hoyt]

8. That's why I don't believe there are any "responsible" gun owners. Everyone has a lapse, now & then.

Hopefully, those lapses end well. But sometimes a child gets shot, or anger leads to a spouse getting shot or intimidated, george zimmerman and michael dunn types kill in a moment of rage and hatred, an elderly person misreads a situation or has hallucinations, a gunner has a few drinks, a gunner takes a medication that alters judgement, an unsecured gun gets stolen and used years down the road to kill or maim, a gunner sales a gun for profit without a background check, and the like.