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X_Digger

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18. Metal detectors aren't metal repellant.

Reply to Stuart G (Reply #2)

Fri May 10, 2019, 08:19 PM

May 2019

It's not like a jewelry store entry that's boxed in where you have to be buzzed in. No, a school shooter just has to start with shooting the SRO manning the metal detector.

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12 Year Old Tells What The Shooter Said to Him, 1:18 seconds. CNN: [View all] Stuart G May 2019 OP

The reason they don't have them isn't because they don't think it's a problem kcr May 2019 #1

If, and I am saying If, the problem can be solved with everyone going through metal detectors, Stuart G May 2019 #2

These types of things don't seem to happen in places like the Chicago Public High Schools jberryhill May 2019 #6

Metal detectors aren't metal repellant. X_Digger May 2019 #18

Well, if you'd presented an argument that they would do so kcr May 2019 #21

Then the kid with an attitude Codeine May 2019 #27

YOU obviously DON'T have a personal connection to a school shooting, kcr. Haggis for Breakfast May 2019 #30

Metal detectors would only be the beginning though dawg day May 2019 #3

Yes, there are guards in that high school I talked about. Also, security walking in the schcool Stuart G May 2019 #5

How are metal detectors going to stop a shooting MattP May 2019 #4

Metal detector traffic points provide a convenient concentration of targets jberryhill May 2019 #7

And as the kid line up to enter they are sitting ducks in a line. boston bean May 2019 #16

The detector is set up in a way that prevents that. I am not an expert, but Stuart G May 2019 #8

Or soccer fields or school busses... we want them to become rats in cages? lostnfound May 2019 #14

My children attend schools, not correctional facilities. Codeine May 2019 #9

Once in the school, it is a school, not a prison. Stuart G May 2019 #10

In a future life, I want my kids to grow up in Norway..Or Sweden, Switzerland, New Zealand.. lostnfound May 2019 #15

Gun manufacturers externalize negative costs to American taxpayers sop May 2019 #11

This... defacto7 May 2019 #28

I've read that 50% of guns in the US are owned by just 3% of the population. nt tblue37 May 2019 #29

In low income city areas, there are bad youths with guns who occasionally shoot an innocent Mc Mike May 2019 #12

This is not fair to the children malaise May 2019 #13

Yes, the absolute horror of these events is unfair to the children and especially the parents. Stuart G May 2019 #19

Instead of hardening classrooms and putting in metal detectors, Blue_true May 2019 #17

Well, I was a high school teacher in 2 very tough neighborhoods.. Stuart G May 2019 #20

How does this stop 3D printed guns? cagefreesoylentgreen May 2019 #22

I'd reckon that most everyone where there has been a mass shooting has believed, elocs May 2019 #23

There is only one way that I think something will be done. Stuart G May 2019 #24

May I say that is an outstanding Eisenhower quote as your sig. elocs May 2019 #25

I was wrong..."Excuse for a crackdown, move further towards fascism.." You are correct. Stuart G May 2019 #26