A crossing guard from Massachusetts had his personal firearms confiscated and was suspended from his job after a waitress overheard him a conversation in which the crossing guard said that someone could "shoot up the school" at times because he felt that the school resource officer took too many breaks and thus left the school vulnerable.
The crossing guard in question is 84 years old, was previously a police officer, and has had a license to own firearms in Massachusetts since 1958. Just to be clear, these were his personal guns. He does not carry a gun as a crossing guard.
Really, this is insane. This should not have gone beyond a simple inquiry. There is was no red flag invoked, but in Massachusetts firearms licenses are required to own any firearm and seem to be revocable at will by the police chief. It is the equivalent to impounding someone's car and taking their driver's license because someone claimed that they saw them drinking and driving.
Here is a link to the article:
https://www.mvtimes.com/2019/10/11/c...y-guns-seized/