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<blockquote data-quote="henschman" data-source="post: 2821724" data-attributes="member: 4235"><p>No, it wouldn&#039;t go anywhere trying to make a negligence or wrongful death claim (I don&#039;t know what other claim you might make).&nbsp; You would have real trouble showing that the President owed you a duty, as the law is clear that the President has complete discretion in this matter.&nbsp; Also, these things are routinely denied by University Presidents everywhere.&nbsp; Causation would be a problem, too.&nbsp; Even direct causation isn&#039;t a slam dunk, as it is kind of hard to prove a negative (that you wouldn&#039;t have gotten your butt kicked even if you&#039;d had a gun), and proximate causation would be a real problem, as the President is so far removed from whatever POS actually committed the crime.&nbsp; The suit would almost surely be kicked out on a motion to dismiss.&nbsp; Still, it could create good publicity for the issue.&nbsp; The Brady Campaign is the master of this -- filing frivolous lawsuits against folks in the gun industry that they know will be dismissed or are barred by statute, just to create publicity -- like when they sued Armslist a couple years ago.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="henschman, post: 2821724, member: 4235"] No, it wouldn't go anywhere trying to make a negligence or wrongful death claim (I don't know what other claim you might make). You would have real trouble showing that the President owed you a duty, as the law is clear that the President has complete discretion in this matter. Also, these things are routinely denied by University Presidents everywhere. Causation would be a problem, too. Even direct causation isn't a slam dunk, as it is kind of hard to prove a negative (that you wouldn't have gotten your butt kicked even if you'd had a gun), and proximate causation would be a real problem, as the President is so far removed from whatever POS actually committed the crime. The suit would almost surely be kicked out on a motion to dismiss. Still, it could create good publicity for the issue. The Brady Campaign is the master of this -- filing frivolous lawsuits against folks in the gun industry that they know will be dismissed or are barred by statute, just to create publicity -- like when they sued Armslist a couple years ago. [/QUOTE]

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