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  “Hello? Police? I know of a potential school shooting you guys can stand outside of and block parents and loved ones from helping”
context: This teacher should be able to win a lawsuit against the school and the kid's parents. They claim the gun was secured but that was plainly not the case if a six year old could get a hold of it. >
  
  If you have a child so disturbed that a parent is supposed to be in class with them, why do you have a gun in your house let alone a loaded one?! >
  
  
  why do you have a gun in your house let alone a loaded one?!
  
  Yeah. Only in the US a 6 years old does a shooting and the coverage is like "they should have listened to warnings about kid's behavior" and not "they should have listened to warnings about parent's behavior". Everywhere else the focus would be on parents being crazy first and foremost. >
  
  It’s really both things. Even if that kid never had access to a gun - his behavior should not have been ignored. >
  
  That is a purely American statement. The parents that leave guns around kids, normally, are considered to be bugfuck crazy. The kid probably needs therapy, but as secondary to being raised by bugfuck crazy parents. This is absolutely no better than I dunno leaving meth around a 6 years old and having a 6 years old do meth at school. It is merely less illegal.
  Of course, in the US, leaving loaded guns around kids is disturbingly common, then there's "guns don't kill people people kill people" and all other shibboleths. The way this craziness goes (accelerated further during covid), in a few years we'll have a story about how the daycare down-played warnings about some 3 year old's behavior.
  That the kid loaded the gun himself being considered any kind of defense... like, okay, so you leave the ammo and the gun around the kid and show the disturbed kid how to eject the magazine, how to put ammo in it, how to take the safety off... what other fun activities do you do with the kid then, taking the dog behind the barn or something? >
  
  Yes - there is a huge gun control problem in this country. 
  There is also a huge issue with out of control behaviors being ignored in our schools. It happens everyday. It’s shocking and unacceptable. 
  Both of these things are true. Sometimes - or really - most of the time - issues are complex. In this case we have the nexus of poor gun control meeting poor response to student behaviors. >
  
  Sounds like the teacher has a good case against the school. >
  
  Sounds like it, but this is what will probably happen: the school/district will blame her for having “poor classroom management skills” and “not building a better relationship with the student”. 
  From what I’ve read about her, she was good teacher who was just trying to do her job (teach) and essentially begging for help with (and for) this child.
  They failed her and they will fail her again - drag her through the mud - if she tries to take action. >
  
  
  “poor classroom management skills” and “not building a better relationship with the student”.
  
  That's not gonna work on a jury when the teacher got shot. >
  
  Victim blaming is a predominant tactic used by many people to rationalize events to fit their narrative. >
  
  It really is, and a huge problem with the US legal system. That's why a lot of victims of sexual abuse don't come forward. "What were you wearing? What did you say? Oh, you were wearing a mini skirt and a crop top? You flirted? Clearly, you were asking for it." >
  
  Not just the US. My student in Japan was groped and the guy's defense was she was dressed sexy. She was wearing her school uniform. She ended up dropping it because it becomes a he said/she said and the police like to remind victims they could get sued for slander. 
  In Japan even if proven true, if you say something that damages another person, you can be sued for slander. "yes, I touched that girl, but she made a fuss and I lost my job because of it. She ruined my livelihood. Only I have the right to disclose my criminal behavior." >
  
  Interesting! I don't know about the Japaneae legal system other than supposedly that you're guilty until proven innocent. (Not  that the US legal system doesn't do that as well.)
  That is so messed up, I feel so sad and angry for your student and the other victims who are subjected to that.
  You've prompted me to do a deep dive on Japan's criminal justice system >
  
  
  ...officials downplayed educators’ warnings about his behavior, including dismissing his threat to light a teacher on fire and watch her die...
  
  What the fuck did he have to do for them to take him seriously?  This is not normal 6-year-old behavior.  The administrators are assholes (along with his parents.) >
  
  My father works for a local school and Friday he told us about a really scary incident that has come up. The kid of one of his coworkers is a junior or senior and he threatened to shoot up the school, but it wasn’t just a threat, he had a list and told a girl he liked that she needs to learn where all the emergency exits were, basically saying “don’t come into school tomorrow.” The bad part is that it’s currently being swept under the rug, the dad took him out of school that day without having the nurse or anyone check on the kid, he’s downplaying the situation, and the kid has access to firearms, the guns are kept at the kids moms house while he has the ammo but it’s been like two years since he’s even seen the guns. For all the father knows the kid has already swiped a rifle, he may have the ammo but around here everyone has guns, he could’ve easily asked a friend “hey do you guys have any spare ammo for hunting?” Or simply swiped from his father and no one would know until it’s too late. From what I understand either the principal doesn’t know or isn’t acting or is downplaying it all. My dad works in the kindergarten and this is the high school but he goes over to the high school all the time to grab things, this was Friday he learned this and we don’t know what happens Monday, the kid could be in school for all we know, or he could be taken out by the dad for a few days but it wouldn’t matter because he works at the other school, so the kid could just leave when dads working and open fire. The kid isn’t getting any help, the dad is being complacent about the whole situation, he isn’t even checking if the guns are all accounted for, and school may not even be aware of the situation because his father pulled him out Friday without letting anyone know the situation.
  Honestly I’m scared for my father and Have no idea what might happen, but the fact that the family doesn’t even seem to care enough to even look for the weapons just shows how numb and complacent our nation has become with our weapons, I mean for fuck sake we have more guns than people and yet we barely do shit to combat the problem. >
  
  You should be talking to the police buddy.