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I do not have to imagine what can happen with a school full of unarmed teachers or guards
Our school board (in Texas) has it's own police force- with guns and police dogs. Their main focus (even in upscale white neighborhoods) is controlling gangs and the drug trade in schools. I'd rather have professional law enforcement in a school than armed teachers and janitors.
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Was the school district in Sandy Hook Ct sued for failing to protect the students it was responsible for? If not, why not?
AFAIK all Columbine lawsuits against the school district and education department were dismissed. The only one that wasn't was against the sheriff's dept for not letting paramedics through in time to save a dying student. I believe there were 2 Sandy Hook lawsuits - both withdrawn. One of them was because the principal (who died) warned the school by turning on the PA so they could hear the struggle in the office. The lawsuit said this was distressing to students and there should have been a better warning system in place. That lawsuit was withdrawn.
AFAIK all Columbine lawsuits against the school district and education department were dismissed. The only one that wasn't was against the sheriff's dept for not letting paramedics through in time to save a dying student. I believe there were 2 Sandy Hook lawsuits - both withdrawn. One of them was because the principal (who died) warned the school by turning on the PA so they could hear the struggle in the office. The lawsuit said this was distressing to students and there should have been a better warning system in place. That lawsuit was withdrawn.
yes, they were dismissed because the shooters were soley to blame. No different if a teacher goes on a shooting rampage, the teacher would be soley to blame.
yes, they were dismissed because the shooters were soley to blame. No different if a teacher goes on a shooting rampage, the teacher would be soley to blame.
Quite different when a company puts a gun in a employees hand, they are liable. Plenty of examples of schools being sued over the behavior of teachers, if a district decides to require a gun in the hands of a teacher they also take responsibility for any accidents or misuse.
If a whacko enters a school and starts shooting the kids and the teachers, and kills 20 people before the cops show up and stop him, the school's insurance doesn't have to pay for it, because it wasn't the fault of any school personnel.
But if a whacko enters a school and starts shooting the kids and the teachers, and the teachers are armed and they fail to stop him until three or four kids are dead, then the school's insurance DOES have to pay for it.
The risk to the people in the school isn't greater. The risk to the **insurance carrier** is greater.
Having a bunch of gun amateurs running around schools with poorly-secured firearms that will create excellent opportunities for accidents, theft and misuse, or mayhem when bullets from shaky trigger fingers start flying around and police responders confuse the assailant with the defenders is such a profoundly stupid idea that only a conservative hick could intellectually embrace it.
Teachers have extensively-trained expertise in fostering basic intellectual skills in children, not in executing accurate tactical countermeasures during a live firefight. And it's highly impractical to expect a sufficient number of them to maintain high skill levels in both arenas. "Kindergarten Cop" is good in a movie, not in the real world.
If you want real defensive capability in schools, shell out the taxpayer funds for real trained police/paramilitary guards with special accommodations to secure and monitor their weapons. Oh, and how about locking the access points and maintaining strict control of entry? That's what they do in Israel, and it works.
Oh, and on top of it all, an intelligent person would still additionally support common sense, comprehensive measures to limit guns in the hands of criminals and demented people. It works in other civilized countries with high gun ownership.
And instead, we get mental midgets here who insist on eliminating all gun restrictions and expecting elementary school teachers to effectively double as SWAT sargeants at the drop of a hat.
That "someone" would have to be a licensed insurance company in the state of Kansas who will do it without increasing premiums.
The increasing premium is the real issue.
More than likely, the school districts will self insure.
Either way, the tax payer is on the hook for defense and any judgment.
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, says a lot about the ignorance of the administraitors who failed to forsee this very predictable, wse business decision.
