EPISODE · Jan 13, 2021 · 31 MIN
Misplaced Fear
from Why Don’t We Know Podcast · host whydontweknow
We assumed that, since school shootings are such a known public safety concern, there would be really detailed data on how many weapons are brought into K-12 schools. But 15 states stopped us from seeing the mere number of guns brought to schools out of fear of violating privacy.
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From Columbine to Virginia Tech to Sandy Hook to Parkland, we have struggled to answer the question of how to stop gun violence in schools. And the vague and overbroad privacy law, FERPA, has not helped with solutions. In fact, in at least two instances, it prevented red flags from being raised, ultimately costing lives. When we asked all 50 states for the number of times that guns were brought to school campuses, 14 states told us that the number is too small to share. Fear of violating privacy seems to eclipse even the fear of a school shooting. "I don't think we're surprised by the information," said Tony Montalto, who lost his daughter at the Parkland High School shooting. And Ryan Petty, who also lost his daugher added that many schools " still use it as a convenient excuse to not report or inform parents about what's going on in campus."
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