Professor put on indefinite administrative leave for rant about killing NRA children

A University of Kansas journalism professor who suggested that the sons and daughters of National Rifle Association members would be good targets for a crazed killer has been suspended.

According to a report Friday at Campus Reform, which first uncovered the comment, school officials suspended David Guth in an announcement by KU Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little.

The statement said, “In order to prevent disruptions to the learning environment for students, the School of Journalism and the university, I have directed Provost Jeffrey Vitter to place Associate Professor Guth on indefinite administrative leave pending a review of the entire situation.”

The statement said Guth’s classes will be taught by others.

The school also now is taking a position on Guth’s comment, which he made on a private Twitter account earlier in the week after a dozen people were shot at killed by a gunman at the Washington Navy Yard.

“#NavyYardShooting The blood is on the hands of the #NRA,” tweeted Guth, part of the university’s William Allen White School of Journalism.

“Next time, let it be YOUR sons and daughters,” he continued. “Shame on you. May God d— you.”
Said the university, “The contents of professor Guth’s tweet were repugnant and in no way represent the views or opinions of the University of Kansas. [I]t is truly disgraceful that these views were expressed in such a callous and uncaring way. We expect all members of the university community to engage in civil discourse and not make inflammatory and offensive comment”

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