Armed security and security checks. IF we can do it for every sporting event and college football game for a hundred thousand people in an hour or so . . . they can buy the equipment for schools to do the same. IF they have to, add 30 minutes to morning and/or afternoon schedules to accommodate for the extra time needed. Our kids safety are worth it. It has become an epidemic and must be stopped. The right way by hardening the target.
“The right way by hardening the target.”
Recess? Football games? School bus stops?
If someone just wants to kill people before they are killed themselves, what prevents them from walking up and shooting 20 people standing in a line?
I think the depressing truth is that a determined, suicidal killer who wants to kill strangers is very hard to stop.
We have seen a couple of deranged young people commit mass murder for their own twisted reasons. The most recent case may well have been inspired by the publicity and response to the earlier case in Florida, and perhaps by the murderer in Canada who used his car to strike down young women. While each of these events is horrible, and a great tragedy for the families and friends of the victims, in comparison to the overall rate of unexpected deaths of teenagers they are not an "epidemic".
What is an epidemic is the rapid growth in the number of teenagers killed by drug overdoses, and the number of teenagers killed by distracted teen drivers. Anyone talking about legislation or government action should focus on the largest killers of teenagers first. And then focus on teenage gang members who kill each other and bystanders.
The students from Parkland have such a narrow view of society that they only care about their own political goals. They aren't doing a thing to save their fellow teenagers dying from drug overdoses, preventable car crashes, and inner city gang violence.