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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, DCPS middle schools are probably the safest in the area in terms of potential gun violence because of the metal detectors.[/quote]

You have got to be joking.   Google shootings just outside of schools in DC.  [/quote]

This thread and the post are about guns in schools in the hands of students. [/quote]

No it’s not. OP is asking if there are policies that keep guns away from students.  There is not and there are students who carry guns and fights and heated arguments just outside of schools lead to deadly shootings.  In addition, gangs and drugs also add to the problem.  It’s easy to target a kid when you know what school they go to.[/quote]

Yes. But no one is targeting random kids just because they go to DCPS. [/quote]

There are two separate issues in this thread. I feel strongly about this topic as somebody who attended a school where there was a school shooting as a child. The overarching issue, which has nothing to do with DC schools is the ability for young people to access guns. Arguments and altercations have always happened, but when there is a gun involved, it is obviously a different ball game.

As somebody whose kids attend a DCPS middle school , I like the fact that they have metal detectors because it reassures me there will be no guns in the building. Also, the fact that they collect cell phones in DC middle schools impacts altercations and fights as well. Obviously someone can still target somebody outside of a school regardless of cell phone policies, but there has been research about reductions in altercations and fights when kids don’t have their cell phones to share information or build/hype up a beef or fight.

Unfortunately, at this point guns are prevalent in all corners of our society regardless of where you live. You will need to have a conversation with your kid about the topic.  And statistically your kid is safer from mass/school shooting type events if they are in DC.[/quote]

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