Iowa House committee advances bill giving qualified immunity to armed teachers

The three-person Iowa House Public Safety Committee advanced a bill on Monday that would protect Iowa school teachers and staff who carry guns from legal action under qualified immunity.

The legislation was introduced just weeks after the Perry High School shooting, in which Dylan Butler, a 17-year-old Perry student, fatally shot Ahmir Jolliff, an 11-year-old sixth grader, and wounded seven other people, including Principal Dan Marburger. Marburger died from his wounds 10 days later.