Everytown’s research has shown that expanding the areas where guns can be carried and the circumstances in which they can be used is only associated with greater harm. So-called Stand Your Ground laws, which encourage the use of deadly force outside the home, are associated with significantly higher justifiable homicide rates. After Georgia passed its Stand Your Ground law, the number of justifiable homicides in the states increased by 83 percent. In Florida, it tripled. This push towards allowing easy access to guns in a growing variety of public places has only resulted in a greater risk of gun violence, often justified by increasingly permissive laws.
Everytown Litigation Team Delivers Letter to Madison, Ohio School Board Raising Legal and Liability Concerns and Urging Suspension of Plan to Arm School Teachers, Staff and “Volunteers”
Litigators at Everytown for Gun Safety, on behalf of numerous concerned families, delivered a letter to the Board of Education of the Madison Local School District in Ohio raising concerns about the passage and implementation of a resolution to allow teachers, staff, and “others” to carry hidden, loaded weapons in district schools. The letter identifies numerous sources of legal risk and potential liability created by the resolution, including potential non-compliance with statutory and constitutional obligations to adequately train armed personnel, the need for clear policies governing access to and use of weapons on school grounds, the Board’s obligation to indemnify and defend armed personnel and the availability of insurance coverage, and disclosure obligations to enable parents to make an informed choice about whether local schools remain a safe place to educate their children. Read the full press release here.
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Concealed Carry Reciprocity (S.446): Overriding State Public Safety Laws
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Concealed Carry Reciprocity (H.R. 38): Overriding State Public Safety Laws
Representative Richard Hudson’s (R-NC) concealed carry reciprocity legislation (H.R. 38), would force each state to recognize concealed carry permits from every other state, overriding each state’s core public safety laws on who is too dangerous to carry guns in public or even to possess guns at all. Law enforcement overwhelmingly opposes this legislation, which would put police in danger of being sued for doing their jobs.