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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People don’t want them, particularly if they are not part of a comprehensive security plan that doesn’t paint all kids as potential criminals.  Why?  Because metal deter and clear backpacks are not a new novel idea.  Plenty of places have already tried this and still have incidents happen.

There aren’t metal detectors on every door entrance at colleges/universities?  Neither do they exist at all private schools?

Most of the problems seen in schools start outside of school.  Mental health, food insecurity,  politics as a sport instead of governing, gangs, etc etc.  If we dealt with societal issues instead of hiding and kicking the can down the road then what goes on in schools would be education.[/quote]

I don't disagree with the larger point here that installing metal detectors only addresses the symptoms ( = carrying weapons), not the larger social problems.  I also don't disagree that metal detectors are likely no deterrent and can't catch everything.  But every single thing they catch is one less dangerous item in the hands of a not-fully-grown person.  I _want_ there to be that one less dangerous item circulating in a school.  And I'm willing to pay higher taxes to help make that happen, too.[/quote]

Every single dollar, and it would be _a lot_ of dollars, they spend on metal detectors, which are not effective at preventing or deterring school violence, is a dollar they can't spend on education. I _want_ there to be that money spent to educate kids, not to enrich the school "security" industry.[/quote]

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