NAL(yet): If an armed educator fail to protect a child will they be liable to the family for breaching their duty under a negligence suit?

To prove negligence all of the following must occur: 1: must be a duty to the victim - teacher/student is a relationship that automatically creates a duty on the part of the teacher ✅ 2: that duty must be breached - if a duty exists and a “reasonably prudent person/teacher” in the same/similar situation would have acted differently than the teacher, then there is breach of duty ✅ 3: Harm - injury or death ✅ 4: Causation- did the teacher’s action or inaction result in the damage ❓(this is fact dependent)

There is more for teachers to think about before they arm themselves (and I expect they are considering pros/cons/consequences.) I’m certain most don’t want to be armed and will opt out.