School Bus Driver Back At Work - Gave Ride To Shotgun-Wielding Hunter

[matcom]

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ULYSSES, Ky. -- A school bus driver is back on the job after letting a hunter ride shotgun.

Kathy Laney was suspended indefinitely in September by the rural Lawrence County school district -- and could have been fired -- after she stopped along her route with 10 youngsters aboard and gave a lift to a squirrel hunter carrying a 20-gauge shotgun.

Parents were outraged over her suspension and swamped the central office with calls and petitions demanding she be allowed back.

Administrators let her return to her route after suspending her for 30 days and requiring her to go through additional training. She has been back on the job for two weeks.

"She's an excellent employee," said John Thompson, the school district's transportation director. "We didn't want to lose her."

Parents plastered her bus with signs and banners welcoming her back.

http://www.wftv.com/newsofthestrange/3926969/detail.html

[el_gato]

1. No big deal

this is Kentucky after all. I guess when you living in a world
where nobody trusts anybody anymore this seems reasonable, but
in some rural areas there is still something called community and
hospitality.

[Fenris]

2. "gave a lift to a squirrel hunter carrying a 20-gauge shotgun."

How fucking big are the squirrels in Kentucky?:wow:

[yellowcanine]

4. 20 guage has a smaller pattern than a 12 guage.

[JVS]

5. I believe that a 20 gauge is not as powerful as a 12 gauge

A friend of mine who hunts told me that 10 gauge is more powerful than 12.

[Arkana]

6. That made me laugh so hard I choked!

[el_gato]

7. maybe you don't know anything about guns

[yellowcanine]

3. That was stupid of her. School district handled it properly.

I nearly got killed on a schoolbus when I was 16 because a bus driver didn't exercise a little common sense (started down a mountain when he knew his brakes were bad).