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In reply to the discussion: All classroom doors should be retrofitted with locks. [View all]zen_bohemian
(417 posts)86. bullet-proof glass windows in all public school buildings could be a start and campus police
the automatic locks, security systems that automatically rings into police/fire if breached. This may not be a popular idea for some, but I would suggest funding and implementation of a campus police system in all public schools across the country. If campus police had been at the school would this have gone down so tragically? There are TSA agents and police all over airports, scanners etc, why not the same security for our children? The protection of our children in this country should be priority one, period, and if police protection is necessary, then so be it IMHO.
It's a sad day that it has come to this point in our country.
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The first classroom door he encountered was locked, so he moved on to the next.
Barack_America
Dec 2012
#100
It might have... But a stronger prevention would have been to disallow the possession of the gun.
freshwest
Dec 2012
#107
Gun control policy will take years. All classrooms can be locked within a month.
Barack_America
Dec 2012
#10
This suggestion is just an attempt to let the gun owners keep their toys...
Agnosticsherbet
Dec 2012
#19
Then sign up to do it. Easier to say when it's not your ass facing these nutters, eh?
Barack_America
Dec 2012
#73
Doable with a shotgun and special ammunition or special breaching explosive charge
ProgressiveProfessor
Dec 2012
#33
"stifling even in the winter,"-- We could save alot of money and carbon emissions by improving HVAC
FarCenter
Dec 2012
#23
Same here. But also, in my school the locks work exactly as the OP suggested. nt
Pale Blue Dot
Dec 2012
#77
Windows and door frames can be reinforced more easily than getting comprehensive gun control passed.
Barack_America
Dec 2012
#17
How about, instead of turning our schools into locked-down concentration camps,
Chorophyll
Dec 2012
#13
Because students can't vote, so it's politically easier to do things to them instead. (nt)
Posteritatis
Dec 2012
#28
Either turn them into wall or replace them with something like laminated Lexan
FarCenter
Dec 2012
#44
I support changing Race to the Top money to grants for school security.
proud2BlibKansan
Dec 2012
#49
True. Maybe the federal government could cancel a few bombs or something to help out the schools?
femmocrat
Dec 2012
#47
We can't even get the taxpayers to pay for decent textbooks. And now we're going to retrofit all
Squinch
Dec 2012
#63
You think that confiscating guns is more practical than installing locks?
Barack_America
Dec 2012
#64
Yes I do think so. And there are plenty of countries who have enacted effective
Squinch
Dec 2012
#72
You tell me what you think can be REALISTICALLY accomplished within 6 months.
Barack_America
Dec 2012
#60
For my young son? To comfort me. For millions of American schoolchildren?
Barack_America
Dec 2012
#62
Unfortunately, people would die. And that would be true if the door were locked or not.
Barack_America
Dec 2012
#66
Ban all guns in the street and have eyes in the sky to alert when any gun is in area
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#76
A 9mm slug makes a one-size-fits-all key to most locks. You'd have to armor the doors & windows.
leveymg
Dec 2012
#81
bullet-proof glass windows in all public school buildings could be a start and campus police
zen_bohemian
Dec 2012
#86
Hardly. Would rather protect the kids while we fight to improve gun control.
Barack_America
Dec 2012
#95