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Subscribe to RSSProsecutors announced charges Friday against three people in connection with a house explosion in Indianapolis last month that left two dead and destroyed dozens of homes.
Mark Leonard, Monserrate Shirley and Bob Leonard Jr. were each charged with two counts of murder and multiple counts of arson, according to authorities. The Nov. 10 explosion in the Richmond Hill neighborhood in south Indianapolis happened at Shirley's residence and ignited a fire at the house next door, killing neighbors Jennifer Longworth, 36, and Dion Longworth, 34.
Prosecutors said Shirley; her boyfriend, Mark Leonard; and Mark's brother Bob Leonard Jr., were all taken into custody Friday morning, the Indianapolis Star reported. Officials say Shirley and Mark Leonard had arranged to be at a casino the night of the explosion, according to Reuters.
The blast also caused injuries to 12 other people in Richmond Hill, prosecutors said. Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry said at news conference that 33 homes had to be demolished, according to Reuters.
Previous story: Indianapolis house explosion being investigated as homicide
"We have to acknowledge that we are helpless to alleviate the pain and anguish of such innocent victims and their families," Curry said. "However, what we as a public safety community can do and must do is devote our best efforts to see that justice is served on behalf of those victims."
Authorities allege the three charged had released gas into the house and used a microwave oven set on a timer to ignite the gas, according to the Star. Prosecutors say they wanted to cash in on insurance payments and Shirley had recently increased her house insurance to $300,000, the newspaper reported.
An initial hearing date for the case has not been set.
The complete list of charges from the Marion County Prosecutor's Office:
Mark Leonard, Monserrate Shirley and Bob Leonard Jr. each charged with the following:
-Felony Murder (two counts)
-Conspiracy to Commit Arson, Class A Felony (one count)
-Arson, Class A Felony (12 counts)
-Arson, Class B Felony (33 counts)Both Mark Leonard and Monserrate Shirley are each charged with an additional count of Conspiracy to Commit Arson, a Class B Felony.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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Yep. We need more gun control!
What does this have to do with guns or gun control? People died while minding their own business sitting inside their home, I hope you feel great about using that as a platform to spout your political and completely unrelated views.
Another gun idiot shooting off his mouth on a subject that didn't have a thing to do with guns. The guy needs to have his gun taken away for he is another dangerous mental case.
I have a niece who lost her home over that explosion and suffered over the incident.
i think he was refering to people find ways to kill.
People will kill and destroy with or without gun control, period. I prefer defending myself and my freedoms through the Second Amendment. For without the 2nd Amendment the entire Bill of Rights is at stake.
R Battle, I know exactly what he was saying and I share the same viewpoint. But once again, what does any of that have to do with this article? Using this tragedy to bring it up is classless, senseless and void of morality.
senseless and void of morality are the connecting aspects of the stories. some people have lost these values.wether shooting people or blowing them up.
And the connecting aspect of anyone using this story to fight gun laws. Like I said, I agree with slodon's, bdjbforfun's, and your viewpoint, but it has no merit in being used here. There are literally thousands of places the gun debate is playing out right now, this shouldn't be used as one of them.
So if we read the article the main difference between this and other stories is. DING DING DING
GREED. Got people killed due to some very stupid con artists. And 12 others got injured. And 33 homes were destroyed. How dumb do you have to be to do something like this. And actually think you would get away with it? They deserve life in prison no parole. All three should get the same sentence.
They were in it for the money not an attempt to murder. The deaths and injuries were from stupidity. And Greed. Just as bad as murder in my book.
If we apply Slodon and R Battle's logic to the Conneticut Massacre, it proves there's no need to ban the public from purchasing an AC-130 Warthog because it wasn't used there. If someone can't purchase a Warthog they'll find another way to kill, so we should just let that person purchase one no questions asked.
Correction: I meant to say an AC-130 or Warthog.
ya, that was MY "logic" word for word.
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Wow, libs, how are you going to try and ban this?. Amazing, no guns were used and look what happened. Blowing up something can take a lot of lives too. Killing will never stop, if someone wants to kill somebody, they will find a way to do it, that's why I am keeping my guns, in fact will get another one, because I will protect my family at all costs.
Kanic--this has NOTHING to do with guns this was pure greed. Go buy fifty guns and I hope somehow they turn on you!
I agree we need more gun control but that is not related to this situation. Ban handguns.
All this boils down to is the mind of a person.
Whether its greed or anger towards someone to either destroy property or kill a human being, it all goes back to the mindset of a person.
This is what we need to be talking about first, mental health.
If a person has a good mental mindset, then the person would leave the gun alone, the person would not destroy property or hurt a person for the need of money.
"Kanic
Wow, libs, how are you going to try and ban this?. Amazing, no guns were used and look what happened. Blowing up something can take a lot of lives too. Killing will never stop, if someone wants to kill somebody, they will find a way to do it, that's why I am keeping my guns, in fact will get another one, because I will protect my family at all"
To start with all Libs aren't for gun control and nor are they the only ones for it.
Second these numskulls weren't actually trying to kill anyone they were just stupid and blew up the house (and a few more) next door while trying to burn theirs down.
So for all you gun lovers that thinks you need tanks and bazooka's for home protection at least try to make your silly arguments fit the story? Maybe? Because when I see post like yours that are totally unrelated to the story I think you're to stupid to own guns.
Dolly-- suck a fat one! "I hope your guns turn on you." How Stupid can you be? What do you expect? That my guns will grow f*cking legs and walk around my house and open fire on me? Seriously, you liberals have got to be the stupidest people I've ever heard of. One day you will look back on you ignorance and think to yourselves "How naive of me, how ignorant could I be? Dear God, please let someone with a gun come to my rescue!!" But it will be too late for you for you have also turned your back on our Lord Jesus Christ. Here's a fun fact for you... did you know that your Commander in Chief, aka @!$%#head Obama, has illegally and unconstitutionally ordered numerous drone-strikes on the civilian population in the Mid-east killing hundereds of innocent children? NO, of course you didn't know that because the liberal media won't report on it because they're too busy sucking off Obama. You people make me sick! I honestly cannot wait till this country goes to war with itself, you will all perish from the face of the Earth and burn in Hell for Eternity. Have a nice day now.
Ebeneser, it's not really that stupid; Nancy Lanza's guns turned on her (and many other innnocents). I think that's what Dolly meant.
Okay, you can call me names and make more disgusting sexual comments now.
emmygee, I totally agree with you about what Dolly. I'm not saying that people need to have all of their guns taken away. But what do they really need assault rifles for? Get real people we need to work together as a country and stop the stupid immature name calling. By calling people names because the Democrats did this and the Republicans did that is about a mature as my 3 year old grandson calling his 2 year old brother a butt head because he didn't want to play the same game with him.
So just like emmygee said...now it's time to start calling me nasty names give me thumbs down or what ever it is that is going to make you happy...
Asinine comment, no matter which side of the gun-control issue you support.
...and it seems to have given birth to a whole string of asinine comments. Go figure.
Also we need more fertilizer bomb control. (ala Timothy Mcvay)
Most of us were saying she did it.
If you recall, when the explosion initially happened, she just so happened to have her personal & best belongings in storage and had her pets in a pound or wherever you put them when going on vacation.
Yup, we knew it man. Fk'n a-holes.
All because of greed.
Some morons don't even need greed as a motive. Some will do it just out of spite, with far worse consequences: berkshireeagle.com/local/ci_22189363/man-sentenced-role-fatal-house-explosion-salem-n?source=rss
Was it due to greed or to POVERTY? Wages have been going down; the middle class has been shrinking, right? Slowly but surely we are getting cooked like a frog in a pot of water not noticing the increase in temperature until it is too late; however, there are signs all around that we either acknowledge or don't.
Could they afford a house together with all of their other modern day living expenses and need for storage? Maybe they didn't want to give up their house, lose their belongings, and begin living under a bridge or in their cars. Some people might have committed suicide, murder suicide, or jumped from tall buildings, but they may have decided that if they couldn't keep and/or take their belongings with them, then nobody else would or should get them, and, if they couldn't have a decent life, then everyone should be in the same boat, and nobody else should be able to keep their stuff either. Is it New Age spirituality and not greed to think along the lines that "a phoenix obtains new life by raising from ashes of its predecessor?"
Is it greedy to want the American dream despite lacking the means to accomplish it? The American dream is suppose to be for everyone, and, if it isn't ,then it is a failure of our economy and society, and maybe it is not a failure of individuals to realize the American dream.
Unbelievable the number of IDIOTS who ACTUALLY think the NRA is a problem. Why is it that these people don't understand that the 2nd amendment protects the 1st? These people get their way and guess what..NOTHING CHANGES....except the bloated pig of our Federal goverment grows bigger yet again and pretty soon their beloved 1st amendment is the next one to be under attack...un@!$%#INGbelievable.
What does this article have to do with anything you posted?
The bloated pig will get even bigger if schools, malls, theaters, workplaces will have to hire an armed security guard. If you approve of the new spending suggested by the NRA, what would you cut from the budget to allow for this new spending?
An armed security guard in each school would do little, because the first target of any nut would be the security guard with the gun. And most people under stress don't aim very well. Assault weapons were developed for the military, because trained soldiers couldn't hit their targets. I'm sure we don't want shoot outs at our schools, malls, theaters, workplaces, etc., because there will be collateral damage to innocent bystanders. We aren't a colonial or wild west nation anymore, so we don't need to have civilians armed with automatics or semi-automatics. Leave that to the police. The same old positions held by both sides of the gun debate don't work, so we need to try something else.
If there's any forum admins reading this, these strange gun posts are showing up all over NBC articles that have nothing to do with guns. Maybe check into these accounts, it could be a macro spamming these comments accross articles.
See cagw.org
The second amendment says that people have the right to bear arms if they belong to a well regulated militia.
The only thing unbelievable is chicken s--t fools like socsuks, who requires a gun to feel like a man.
Many of the gun nuts in this country have a problem with their manhood and use the gun as compensation for their shortcomings. I suspect you have that problem. Perhaps you should go hide under your bed holding your substitute for guts.
I like the way you think Ralph. Guns don't make you a man. We don't need a war on drugs, we need a war on guns. Get rid of ALL handguns and semi-automatic and fully automatic guns of any type unless you are in the the military reserves, active duty military or are apart of an organized police force whether that be local, state or federal. If you want to hunt, that is fine but only one gun person will be issued. Why do you need more than one? If you want more guns, then you can buy black powder guns that have to be reloaded after every shot. Guns shouldn't be easy to use, they should be hard to use. And, why can't we make people who buy guns also buy insurance for the gun? In order to drive a car you have to have insurance, why not guns? Both can be used to kill people!!!! That will make the gun owners responsible for any damages that their gun causes whether it be them who caused the damages or someone else. If you own a gun, it's your responsibility to make sure your gun is under your control at all times. No saying someone stole it so it's not your fault. It is your fault because you were responsible for the gun and let the gun be taken from you. You pay until you turn the gun into some police agency that will destroy the gun and then you can be released from the required insurance.
There is no reason that what happened on December 14th should ever happen again!!!!
Amazing. Three idiots, LP, and a microwave. I don't think we need to worry so much about foreign terrorists as we do about the morons amongst us.
We need a streamlined death penalty process for these three.
As for idiots and morons, can society fix stupid? Accidents happen. Sloppy is expedient and reputed for being cost efficient. Numskulls overlook and are blind to the possible injuries that they can cause to others.
Do idiots invent technology? Technology has its risks--not just LP gas used with a microwave on a timer but other forms of technology such as guns, knives, paper cuts, stock broker investment instruments ruining our economy, oil spilt in the Gulf of Mexico or fought over in Iraq, jet planes flown into buildings as on 9-11, nuclear energy radiation, dumbing down boobtube TV or MacGyver TV episodes boosting and inspiring our thinking of how to create explosions using everyday routine household or business supplies or items, violent video games, or any other technology.
What is the solution? Better thinking or mental labelling and use of guns to dispose of people that don't fit?
This is why you have to "live for the day" each and every day of your life. You never know if your moron neighbors will inadvertantly kill you in a half-baked (microwaved) scheme to defraud the insurance company!
Might I remind all of you that at Columbine they had armed guards - did it stop the horror? Even our police forces, men and women whose lives depend on armed protection, agree that restricting assault rifles and large magazines of ammo will help. Re-read your Second Amendment folks, our fore-fathers included the term "well regulated".
Well regulated means "keeping pace". Look it up. Long Live the Second Amendment, which protects the entire Bill of Rights!
This is not about school shootings.this article is about a lady and her boyfriend intentionally blowing up her home for the insurance money which resulted in deaths and destruction.They all deserve life in prison or the death penalty for this evil act.
There were no armed guards at Columbine; stop with the lies!
P.S. Also mentioned that we should also have arms equivalent to that of a modern army too! Pick and choosing the parts that work just for you isn't OK, you get it all!
It is sad to see all the sheep in this world who blindly follow. This sad school shooting has nothing to do with gun control. Its an all or nothing deal. If we can't be armed to protect our families then neither should the secret service be armed to protect the politicians. With gun control only the criminals will be armed, that both the wanna be gangsters and the criminals that are elected
No, arty girl there were no armed guards at Columbine-where you people come up with this beats me.
Hey arty girl, Pull thy head out. No armed guards at Columbine. You are about the fifth person who has said it and about the fifth person who is wrong. Go hug a tree or save a whale.
At Columbine, the shooters used a "banned" weapon (TEC-9DC) under the 1994 Federal Ban, so you see how that worked out?
Hey Arty Girl-Dumb A$$. Oh please, what you are talking about??There were NO Armed Guards at Columbine. You have just won today's Darwin award!!!!
Apparently these idiots thought that somehow the explosion would be contained to their home alone. That's like saying a forest fire will only burn one tree and leave the others alone. Did it EVER cross their minds that it would damage or even kill those who lived on each side? The stupidity of people never ceases to astound me.
WOW really arty girl,
gun control could've prevented this crime from happening(sarcasm), apparently they used the gas from the power company to commit this crime.we should ban all natural gas and propane because who needs it for heat or cooking everybody should just freeze to death.That argument is as ridiculous as trying to take guns from honest people.who is supposed to regulate this militia you speak of,militias are forming because the goverment is out of control so who regulates goverment when they are out of control.
Citizen Frank and other commentors regarding guards at Columbine - FYI: There were 2 armed guards assigned to Columbine the day of the massacre at least it is stated in the article/link below. Please see the Huffington Post article posted earlier today 12/21. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/21/columbine-armed-guards_n_2347096.html
How can you believe anything from the Huffington post the owner has a left wing agenda which would include GUN CONTROL. This news is as left as MSNBC. No wonder we are in the mess we are in everyone believes the garbage from news outlets all both left and right no one has common sense
You people probably don't even know what is in the assault ban legislation. Wanna find out?? Read the article at kontradictions.wordpress.com this guy knows what he's talking about. How about instead of the nice front door with the big, easily broken, window at the front of the school they put the big ugly metal door with the little window at the top like we had when I went to school? The psycho could have shot at it all day and still wouldn't have gotten in and killed those babies. Simple solutions to lifes complex problems.
This NBC News article is pathetic journalism given details of the investigation and deliberate acts as reported by the Indianapolis Star and the probable cause affidavit. Read them here.
http://www.indystar.com/article/20121221/NEWS/121221007/Felony-murder-charges-filed-thoroughly-senseless-act-
http://www.indystar.com/assets/pdf/BG1984601221.PDF
The NBC news story is condensed, but essentially the same story. What else did you want them to include?
Obama, do you hear me now? It's time that you DEMAND an end to gas and microwaves!
and insurance policies.
God Laura, are you really that stupid?
The dirtbags should be either sent up for life or sent to the lethal injection chamber. Or maybe the "gas" chamber would be more appropriate.
These idiots will be whining that 'they didn't know' anyone would be hurt or killed by their plan to rip off the insurance company.
A problem with a society that thinks it's OK to steal from insurers and banks.
Letusreason.If this happened here in Washing state,they WOULDN'T be charged with murder! A few years ago the A$$HOLE LAWMAKERS here came up with an ASSINNINE law that would protect those scumbags from being charged with murder!The law states just what you posted that "THEY HAD NO INTENSION OF HARMING ANYONE WHEN THEY PLANNED THIS CRIME"!! This STUPID LAW let a lot of SCUM murderers out of prison that were doing life! Our A$$HOLE LAWMAKERS are being paid big money from OUR TAXES to side with the criminals Our court system SUCKS!!
Liberal law makers protect criminals and wish to release them from prison asap so they can commit more crimes and murders. That's the loving liberal way! I'd move to a more conservative state, Washington stinks and so do all the liberal states, and Washington DC.
This is nonsense. President Obama and the Democrats sent a lot of money to hire police around America, and keep police and fire fighter jobs. Who do you think wanted to cut those jobs? It wasn't Democrats.
In some states, courts can't stay open for important cases, because certain lawmakers cut the money for the courts, even though it is required by law to have the judicial branch of government.
As to "intention" laws: If there is a wrong law, then send a petition around your state and change it. Don't blame one political Party for a law: there are plenty of freebies that the Republicans have given to "unregulated" business, for example, compounding pharmacies, that result in death.
How do you set off a gas explosion with a microwave? Curious. oh yeah,and we need to outlaw cars!
Put something metalic or combustible in and set the timer to turn it on while you're out of the house. (I'd think anyway...it's never come up for me)
Please, nobody explain how to do it. We will just be inviting copy cats.
"hairyme
How do you set off a gas explosion with a microwave? Curious. oh yeah,and we need to outlaw cars!"
Ok I'm trying real hard to see the connection between a microwave and outlawing cars. OH I get it! You're trying to be cute about gun control because you think people can drive Microwaves!? hmmm I still don't see the connection.
Oh and put a little piece of tin foil in the microwave and you can drive you car for months!
Wait ,we need to stop all sales of explosive materials ,and or any material that can make explosives . I think on the Internet all that information is there Free. Really and truly the Internet is the cause of much of the chaos in the world .This deadly violence has got to stop. Company's that sell explosives ,need to do better back round checks on who and where their stuff goes to.
Please Congress help us out!
I am assuming that they used LP gas which is commonly sold for outdoor grilling, which would be impossible to restrict sales of in this outdoor cooking, tail gating nation. Yes, some cooks probably need a background check, but more for their servings than their criminal history.
No they used the gas in the house. Not LP that is liquid propane. Natural Gas. Since they all three messed with the valve. All three should be charged at the same level. Life in Prison. No parole.
A bottle of LP is sold legally after his background check comes back clean. Then, somebody breaks into his van, steals the bottle of propane and uses it for a bomb.
I can see how background checks work. SMH
All you gun lovers are nuts with your silly little arguments. You sound like you have the IQ of a 6 year old and I hope you don't owns a gun as I'm sure you are stupid and will shoot yourself sooner or later.
Here's your chance to show us how smart you are. Please tell us all why you need an assault rifle with large clips for personal protection? Just who the hell do you think is coming after you that a shot gun or hand gun couldn't stop?
On the other hand, I went to the gas station the other day and the ground was slippery. I didn't think much of it this time of year. The gas pump didn't work though, because it said there was too much gas in my tank by the fumes it measured, so I moved to another and filled my tank. But during the drive home and afterward, something smelled like gasoline. I found that what had been on the ground was gasoline, ruining my shoes, socks, and pants. Some idiot had probably filled a gasoline canister for their generator (because of the 12/21/12 hype) and spilled a lot of it on the ground. I learned something though: gasoline freezes. A friend who works for an environmental company (clean-up and testing outdoors) said that one cup of gasoline will contaminate an acre of land. It is also very explosive; if there had been any static electricity around my car, I and my grandson might have been killed.
I know that the people in this story used natural gas for the explosion, not LP. But at least LP canisters are closed and well made, unlike the stupid gasoline cans that look like unsafe red watering cans.
I think that people who commit a crime so horrendous as this should be given the death penalty no matter what state they live in.
Hope they like getting up to striped sunlight every day for the rest of their lives :)
Are we "forced" to think this way? How do we define hope? Shouldn't we be hoping for a better world without prison, violence, and perverted solutions? Aren't you joining, conforming, hopping, or jumping on the bandwagon of prison, death penalty, and brutality in prison? Don't forget: bad guys need to get raped or have gay sex in prison as punishment.
Do you know that many gun owners kill our wild life for pleasure? Oh..I forgot the Royals in Spain (love to kill elephants) and England are part of them. Liberty means also cruelty and horror.
Yes Zohar, we need to surrender all freedom stand in line like we are at the Soup Nazi's and obey all commands. wtf does that have to do with insurance fraud and accidental homicide? School out for Christmas break?
Quick, ban gas and microwaves!! better yet, blame the gas company and microwave manufacturers!! and surely, because of this tragedy, those who own microwaves and natural gas are evil, too!! what scum! lol
Ban Microwave timers !!
Zohar, you dip@!$%#, some who own firearms shoot for recreation, meaning targets and clay pigeons. Do you even own, have shot a firearm?
Time to outlaw microwave ovens and natural gas. Gasoline, diesel fuel, and fertilizer too.
Evil does what evil does best.
It looks like we have another college deferment draft doger (Lapierre) in a position that he shouldn't be in. A person with no military background but the head of the NRA...boo to him. If you want to shoot these guns join the military and see what they do to the human body. People tend to forget that at times laws get outdated. The second ammendment is not just a right to keep and bear Arms, but a need to have the ability to create a secure nation through our citizens when necessary. We have a strong military today, the second ammemdment is outdated. May I remind you what it says....."A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
The term militia or irregular army, is commonly used today to refer to a military force composed of ordinary citizens] to provide defense, emergency law enforcement, or paramillitray service, in times of emergency without being paid a regular salary or committed to a fixed term of service.
This could be interpreted as gun holders in the united states (ordinary citizens) who are afraid of tyranny against our second ammendment. And with the thousands of gun laws i'd say its well regulated already.
I am so sad to see what our lives, world have become...I am 35 yrs. old that solely raises a 6 yr. old boy, without help from the father or the STATE. I was raised with values & trust ME my parents were irate when they found out I was pregnant at 29, it is what it is this day in society...but what I have learned is that so many people blame others for their own shortcomings. YOU are the one that creates your own life and I think thats where people have fallen off the rocker. How dare these people cause so much harm to those that did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to them, and yet their greed & stupidity has caused so much heartache and unnecessary drama in lives that chose to live in a neighborhood, not knowing they would lose everything they owned for a selfless act? I am so sad to see what the next generation brings in society. The kids that are causing damage in schools & society now have come basically from divorced homes. My sons generation? Watch out world! These children already are forming hatred & rage at a shockingly young age. Most of these babies have been raised by grandparents and already have the mind-set of not feeling they are a nobody, as their own parents chose not to be around in their lives, let alone show up at a school function. I witness this everyday, as I continously have a "herd" of 6 in my home as I guide them all in the right direction & still trying to maintain an online eBay business to support my son and I. My heart is broken and I only pray that my "herd" will grow up knowing in life that THEY ARE SOMEBODY! Get with it folks, people all around us are struggling with depression, drugs, alcohol, abuse, unwanted pregnancies, fianancial hardships...instead of working against each other, why not try working together and stop thinking so much of what you have & give that to others...trust ME coming from a momma with maxed out credit cards, I feel so lucky to have been capable of "max"ing those cards out to bring joy to others! It should never be only one time of year of having that 'Tis the Season" spirit, it should be apart of you everyday life.
sashaa: Yours is about the only sane post here. People need to help each other and care about each other, and that takes work and time, not money.
ban assault microwaves!!!!
Love my series 80.
The house was used as the murder weapon. We need to ban houses.
ban assault houses!!!!
I believe the NRA was suggesting that armed volunteers act as security for schools. That would be a good way for parents to get more involved in the school system. Most parents are totally disconnected from both their kids and the school.
Rather than using volunteers, I suggest simply allowing the principals and teachers to be armed. Why couldn't you trust a principal or teacher with a handgun? I could. It might even help the students' behavior improve knowing that the staff and administration is packing. Just a thought.
I think your mother does save bang. It's popular among former Viet Cong prostitutes. She probably makes a good buck at it too, just so she can support your spamming addiction, in addition to your massive kiddie pron collection.
I am very uncomfortable with "volunteers" or teachers having weapons. Teachers need to teach. There is always one or two irritating children in a classroom; I just wouldn't want a teacher to be the one carrying a weapon, not that they would use it, but maybe brandish it or just refer to it. Children raised in fear are more likely to be criminals later.
This doesn't seem related to the news story about the house blowing up, but, in response to "GalaxyJ," it is probably easier to take or steal guns from teachers or administrators. Poor children without large enough allowances who can't afford guns, young people who aren't old enough to get permits, criminals, and many others will of course thank you. The NRA might thank you for helping spread gun culture, but what about spreading civil culture? How can society get people to stop commiting crimes and etc?.
Galaxy J, teachers having guns was outlawed several decades ago after a teacher decided that shooting a student was an acceptable form of discipline. The teacher was hung, but there you go. Considering that a college professor shot six of her coworkers when she didn't get tenure, are you sure you want teachers and principals armed? I haven't taught high school for about ten years, but I can think of coworkers that I sure wouldn't want armed... Teachers have melt downs every day.