Violence in Schools

 Posted on December 00, 0000 in Cook County personal injury lawyer

Students often have disagreements or small fights at school, but what happens when a small fight turns into someone getting seriously injured or a violent threat is thrown out in the tussle? What happens is the victim may need serious medical treatment that his or parents cannot pay for. A personal injury attorney can help.

There has always been violence in schools, but it seems to be on a steady rise right along with teen gun violence. In two academic years in the early 2000s alone, “…85 young people died violently in U.S. schools. Seventy-five percent of these incidents involved firearms,” as reported by the Constitutional Rights Foundation.

An increase in students’ accessibility to firearms may be a cause to the increase of violence at schools. Forty-two percent of students interviewed in a National Institute of Health study said that they could get a gun if they wanted to.

If a fight goes awry at school, about 11 million children could go home and access a firearm, which is about one third of U.S. homes with children under the age of 18, according to a study from the Southern California School of Medicine.

With easy access to dangerous weapons, children in schools are at high risk of injury and sometimes the violence cannot be prevented. If a child is harmed at school though, the aggressor can be punished and the victim can be properly cared for.

Lawmakers and other politicians are working to ensure safety in schools by passing laws making it harder for minors and mentally unstable people from buying guns, but students still have access at home. If your student has been seriously injured at school due to violence, take action immediately to not only help your child, but also future victims. Contact Khaled Issa, Attorney at Law in Orland Park, Ill. to fight for your child’s safety in school today.