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Nebraska therapist loses license after allegedly firing a handgun at a memo that angered him
Lubbock Online ^ | 6-29-04 | AP

Posted on 06/29/2004 6:43:32 PM PDT by atomic conspiracy

Nebraska therapist loses license after allegedly firing a handgun at a memo that angered him

The Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. — The Nebraska Health and Human Services system has revoked the license of a North Platte therapist accused of firing a handgun at a memo that angered him.

Robert Powers, a mental health practitioner and professional counselor, got upset when he received a memo last summer saying only the manager of his office would have the key to certain supply drawers, according to state documents.

Powers took the memo and shot it several times with a .22-caliber handgun before returning it to the office, the document says.

Two days later, he reportedly called the office secretary and said he was too angry to return to work because he "might shoot somebody."

The comment prompted several co-workers to seek protection orders against him.

The state revoked Powers' license to practice as a counselor or therapist on the grounds of unprofessional conduct.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; US: Nebraska
KEYWORDS: goosefrabah; michaelmoore; nutcake; rabid; shrink; subcaliber; toomuch
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To: atomic conspiracy
LOL! I feel like doing that to some of spam e-mails
101 posted on 06/30/2004 8:22:31 AM PDT by philosofy123
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To: atomic conspiracy

really, whats a guy supposed to do?


102 posted on 06/30/2004 8:30:27 AM PDT by petertare (truth, justice and the American way)
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To: atomic conspiracy

really, whats a guy supposed to do?


103 posted on 06/30/2004 8:30:27 AM PDT by petertare (truth, justice and the American way)
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To: Mike Bates
I don't think you are generalizing. From my family experience, most "mental health professionals" seem to have problems.

In fact, I just mentioned that fact to a young lady at church a couple weeks ago; she was filling out a college application and wanted to major in psychology or some such.

104 posted on 06/30/2004 8:41:29 AM PDT by Elric@Melnibone (We don't need a nanny state; if my kids need a nanny I'll hire one myself.)
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To: Lazamataz
I shot a disk drive with a .50AE once. That'll put a grin on yer mug.

Yeah, but next time, take it out to a shooting range.

Your coworkers are all terrified of you now.

I work at a shooting range.

105 posted on 06/30/2004 9:07:22 AM PDT by glock rocks (I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it, there's no way you can prove anything.)
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To: glock rocks
I work at a shooting range.

Now I'm terrified of you.

106 posted on 06/30/2004 9:13:04 AM PDT by Lazamataz ("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)
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To: Lazamataz
I'm terrified of disk drives.


and clowns.

107 posted on 06/30/2004 9:27:35 AM PDT by glock rocks (I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it, there's no way you can prove anything.)
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To: Cultural Jihad
they will condemn the infringement of his 2nd Amendment right to act irresponsibly with a firearm

What's up Sara?

108 posted on 06/30/2004 9:42:01 AM PDT by jmc813 (Help save a life - www.marrow.org)
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To: jmc813

"Allow me to be irresponsible, and in return I'll allow you all to pay for the consequences of my irresponsibility." -- The Liberal Credo


109 posted on 06/30/2004 11:57:59 AM PDT by Cultural Jihad
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To: Darksheare
To be honest, her place is in the ass-end of my fine borough, so I don't think that it's anywhere approximating the distance from there to Watertown. In fact, it's out of the way for me. AND I LIVE IN BROOKLYN, FOR GOODNESS SAKE!

But I do enjoy dropping by and hanging around with her and my brother's hipster/boho friends from time to time.

In truth, I've only been upstate a handful of times in my life. Aside from going there a few times when I was a kid, e.g. a hideous bus tour to Cooperstown-it's a long story, believe me-visiting my older sister, when she was a camp counselor ages ago, and a few sporadic visits in-between, I don't have that much experience with NY State, North of The Bronx.

My mother once worked as a CO at a men's correctional facility beyond Albany, but other than that, we stick pretty much to the City and its outlying suburbs.

110 posted on 06/30/2004 2:03:04 PM PDT by The Scourge of Yazid ("You either ride with us, or collide with us!" (The Secrets of War.)
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