Teachers, Guns & Insurance

by confuzzled dude Mon Jul 08, 2013 11:07 am

EMC Insurance Companies, the liability insurance provider for about 90 percent of Kansas school districts, has sent a letter to its agents saying that schools permitting employees to carry concealed handguns would be declined coverage.
Supporters say training teachers to carry guns would better protect students and, if anything, should put insurance companies more at ease. But worries remain about who could be sued if a gun-related accident occurred on school property, giving way to business realities for some insurance providers, which include both commercial carriers and nonprofit cooperatives.

-> Let's hope that letting teachers carrying concealed weapons in schools won't be as bad as letting teenage kids travel alone in India.

by Hellsangel Mon Jul 08, 2013 11:11 am

For three Kansas community colleges, which were insured by EMC but decided to allow concealed carry on their campuses under the new law, the search for another insurance provider was easier than expected.

Dan Barwick, the president of Independence Community College, said his college and two others recently signed a joint insurance plan with another company at a rate that he expected would save the group about $2 million over the next decade. Advocates for arming teachers point to the colleges as evidence that some insurance providers are willing to stomach the risk, should K-12 schools in Kansas decide to shop around

“What will happen is the market will take care of this,” said Forrest Knox, a Kansas state senator who helped pass the concealed carry legislation. “Other companies are going to do the dollars and cents.”

I think you should be more worried about your teenage son getting into a relationship with an older female teacher than about guns going by the numbers.

Teachers, Guns & Insurance

Teachers, Guns & Insurance

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