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[quote=Anonymous]I agree what is needed is meaningful gun control that actually reduces the guns in circulation in the broader population.

Going through a metal detector to get on a plane is burdensome but most people don't fly every day so we view it as a reasonable restriction for safety. And people who do fly a lot just pay to bypass security!

But metal detectors and "hardened" campuses would disrupt kids' daily routines. It's incredibly expensive to implement. You can't just buy metal detectors, you need the entire system -- the metal detector, minders to ensure people go through them one at a time, people who can search bags, people who can deal with malfunctioning equipment. In a school with 600 or more kids, it's a huge undertaking 5 days a week, and a massive time suck for kids. Plus, yes, unpleasant and reminder of the institutional nature of school. It will alienate a lot of kids who would never bring a gun to school.

Most of the guns kids bring to school? They got them from parents or other family members. This is the result of a high prevalence of guns in society, and it's not unique to schools. There are also too many guns at shopping malls, in public parks, on roadways, and many other public spaces that cannot afford or support the kind of security we are talking about.

Also, hardening school campuses wouldn't prevent someone from bringing a gun to school and keeping it in a car or putting hiding it outside somewhere. Also, if you have metal detectors, is someone manning it when kids leave campus and return, especially after school when many kids leave to go get food or something and then return for an activity? Do you staff them for the many evening and weekend events at schools, like school plays, games, art shows, parents nights, etc.

It's ridiculous. The problem is not inadequate security, it's TOO MANY GUNS. We need to remove a lot of guns from circulation, and magically this would result in far fewer kids bringing guns to school.[/quote]

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