Teachers w/Guns Law Backfires in Kansas, Insurance Companies Refuse Coverage

[okaawhatever]

The new law in Kansas which allows gun owners to carry weapons in public buildings, including schools, puts the school’s insurance at risk, including a major company that insures 85 percent to 90 percent of all Kansas school districts. Insurance companies think that it’s too much of a risk, and say that someone qualified and uniformed should carry the weapons. The NRA fully backed this law regardless of the obvious safety and business concerns.

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Another insurance company is doing the same in response to the law.

Bob Skow, chief executive officer of the Independent Insurance Agents of Iowa said, ”It’s one thing to have a trained peace officer with a gun in school; it’s a completely different situation when you have a custodian or a teacher with a gun. That changes the risk of insuring a school and magnifies it considerably.”

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Statement from Insurance Company at link.

http://freakoutnation.com/2013/07/07/teachers-with-guns-law-backfires-in-kansas-insurance-companies-refuse-to-renew-coverage-for-schools/

[Hoyt]

1. LMAO. Insurers -- which will insure just about anything -- just blew a hole in NRA and gun

lovers' contention that school personnel with guns would be safe and save lives.

Why do we even listen to morons who believe people ought to strap a gun on before venturing outside their heavily armed homes?

[dballance]

2. Imagine that. Who could've predicted that would happen?

Except anyone with two functioning brain cells could've guessed. Which, of course, excludes the entire KS legislature.

[Thinkingabout]

7. You forgot the NRA, don't overlook them, they would have hurt feelings.

[Demit]

3. Too funny. It took the money boyz to show them how more guns create a riskier environment.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

4. Trusting teachers? That's crazy talk!

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

Anyone have any other brilliant ideas?

[Deep13]

6. do yah think? nt

[tanyev]

8. The free market hath decided.

[Ruby the Liberal]

9. Wait!? The people with skin in the game *don't* think moar gunz is the answer?

[duffyduff]

10. Stupidest idea EVER

Of course insurance companies are going to get upset.

What if a gun from one of those "law-abiding" staff members goes off accidentally and hits or kills somebody?

[KinMd]

11. Think about some of the teachers we had in school...

would you want THEM "packing heat"?. And you know it be the ones who really shouldn't would be the ones who did

[MichiganVote]

12. Bill Gates will get right on it, won't you Bill?

[dickthegrouch]

13. Bwahahahahahahaha

Somebody finally did the right thing. I think it should be the gun manufacturers who insure those schools now; from their massive profits