In New York, school principals are now allowed to petition the court for an “extreme risk protection order” requiring the safe storage of firearms the youth might have access to, such as a parent’s gun. Supporters of the law say educators are uniquely suited to pick up on the kind of troubling behavior seen before school shootings, like the 2018 attack in Parkland, Florida, in which an expelled student killed 17 people at his former high school.
As a former teacher, I can honestly say there are many teachers are dumb as gnats, have no real world experience and can’t tell if a fellow teacher is molesting students. And they are the ones who petition the coyrts?