Our schools need armed security and hardened entry and exit points. These people must be highly trained and able to shoot under pressure. No laws will keep this from happening. The only way to stop a school shooter is by killing him before he starts his killing spree.
I find it interesting that we don’t have these shootings in inner city schools, for the very reason that they DO have much higher security at entrances.
And one problem with this whole thing is that it is a but like that “Cops are shooting unarmed blacks” thing. i.e. Social media and the news make it appear to be a real problem when it really is nothing like people perceive it.
Most people’s opinion does not jibe with the stats. For example, cops shoot far more whites than blacks and, in similar situations, are more likely to shoot a white than a black man. Further, It only happens a few dozen times nationwide in a year.
And regarding school shooting victims, there are over 100,000 public schools with an average of 500-600 students (or more) in each one. i.e. statistically, your risk of getting shot in school, if you are a public school student, is lower than your chance of getting killed travelling to and from school.
But also, how do you set up metal detectors and armed guards at 100,000 schools when the risk of this happening at any particular school is so small as to not be a concern - until it happens in YOUR school.
My take on this whole thing is that we really don’t need to do ANYTHING other than allow staff and parents to carry at school as they are allowed to carry anywhere else. That is the cost effective solution. Checkpoints are killing a fly with a shotgun.
i.e. my option 1 is the only practical solution here of the two I proposed. And those are the only two that are worth discussing, regarding what can be done AT the school.