people with a documented history or diagnosis of mental illness. Of course, it's hard to argue that anyone who would do that sort of thing is a normal, stable person; but it seems like most of them have personality disorders which are not necessarily classified as mental illnesses, that is, psychosis or other serious psychological disorders. In any case - most people who are mentally ill are not dangerous, and most people who commit mass murders are not mentally ill, or have not been diagnosed as such. So that's a diversion. Yes, we should do a lot more to help mentally ill people, but they aren't why we have so many mass shootings.
School safety is another diversion. Turning schools into fortresses with armed teachers and even armed custodians is ridiculous. If your kid has to go through a metal detector and a body scan and a pat-down and taking off their shoes and a bag search just to get to their second-grade class, that's just crazy, not to mention crazy expensive, and hardly conducive to learning. I couldn't imagine trying to work on my seventh-grade science project about amoebas with an armed guard standing behind me. And what part of the school will be guarded? The parking lot and the athletic fields along with the building itself? Won't that need a fence, a guard tower and gun turrets?
And what about all the other public spaces that get shot up on a regular basis? Will going to the mall or the movies or a music festival or church also be like going through airport security?
WHY DON'T WE JUST KEEP IT SIMPLE AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT GUNS?
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