Law Practice
Jun. 19, 2013
Guns on campus: navigating the legal maze
The debate over guns on school campuses has only intensified after last year's massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School and the recent shootings at Santa Monica College. By Daniel H. Handman
For seven days in March 2012, a jury pored through a moment-by-moment timeline of the events that took place at Virginia Tech University on April 16, 2007. Before a mentally unstable student went on a rampage that eventually killed 30 people on campus that day, he shot two students in a dormitory. At trial, the university took the position that it was justified in choosing not to provide a campus-wide warning. In four short hours, the jury fo...
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