Business are never held legally responsible/accountable...and TMK, no one ever sues, or if they do, it goes nowhere.
We've gone over this DOUBLE STANDARD in the law here many times -- "the law" seems to prevent business owners from being liable/responsible (or even EXPECT them to be) for employees/customers being injured/killed on their premises...much UNLIKE we homeowners who CAN be held accountable for a guest on OUR premises who has an accident (slipping on an icy sidewalk is a classic). Businesses probably WOULD be held liable if their roof caved-in on employees/customers and maimed/killed them...but for employees/customers being maimed/killed from being SHOT on their premises? No. How does THAT make any sense. Being maimed/killed somewhere is still being maimed/killed, whatever the cause.
Anyone sue Starbucks CEO Howard Shultz re: his 3 baristas getting killed back in 1997? Nope. And that's just one of way too many examples. And yet Starbucks STILL has no armed security, and still prefers no-guns (customers) in its stores. No change at all in Starbucks' corporate policy.
It's a makes-no-sense and moral OUTRAGE.
HAD businesses, malls and schools such liability, they'd either have armed security on their property and/or -- if they were too cheap to pay out $$ for security -- allow employees/customers to take care of themselves (i.e., be armed). But after ALL the shootings we've been seeing for years now, NOTHING has changed: Businesses and malls aren't held legally liable. Neither are schools (grade, colleges and universities). And there's no legal incentive/sanctions to make them change.
It's back to the argument that a business is "private property" even though it's ALSO open to the public, as they have "public access," so we have both private and public property "boundaries" and distinctions to sort out. It's a legal mess.
But then so are our HOMES private property, and public property when we have quests over. And WE are liable for anything happening to our guests -- and often, even UNAUTHORIZED TRESPASSERS (including criminals), too (homeowners should have such liability insurance, or a million $$ umbrella policy because of this).
So what's the difference between homeowners and businesses?
There shouldn't be ANY difference, so the LAW is bad, period, as it keeps getting employees, customers AND students killed -- with none of the property owners (except apt/condo/home owners) ever held responsible -- and with no end in sight to that.
Anyone here want to guess when the NEXT business, mall or school shooting will take place? We know it'll be soon.
So WHEN does this insane criminal negligence on the part of those 3 entities END?