Despite Toughest Gun Laws In Nation, L.A. Schools Didn’t Meet Safety Standards

By Tom Knighton

If gun control makes schools safe, then California schools should be the safest in the nation. After all, the gun laws in California are the most restrictive in the country, so based on the anti-gunners logic, their schools should be paragons of safety.

Yet Los Angeles schools aren’t particularly safe.

A Blue Ribbon Panel on School Safety, organized by Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer, cautioned that Los Angeles schools may not be meeting adequate safety measures, even though the city and state of California has tough gun laws, according to a report released Monday.

The panel was concerned that the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) struggled to meet safety measures due to not receiving enough funds to provide quality mental health services to students. California ranked the lowest in the amount of spending put toward each student, according to the report.

Other problems pointed out in the report included inconsistent school safety measures and inefficient collaboration between schools and public organizations.

The panel came up with 33 recommendations after holding several town hall meetings between April and June.

One recommendation was having single, secure entrances for each school as over 200 schools did not have secure and controllable …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms