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After the Virginia Tech shootings this guy decides to bring a concealed gun onto the Campus in Utah because he does not want to be a victim of that tragedy. But morally that does not resort to how we reflect the way we allow ourselves to face the problem at hand. So what is your opinions on this? How would you protect yourself and is it necessary to carry a gun even though you feel that school campuses are exploited of security?

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I believe all schools should install metal detectors, but i know that wont happen anytime soon because all schools r cheap

I think that the school board should do backround checks of the students medical history. In most cases such as the virginia tech and the Northen illinois shootings they have had issues with medication. The Northern Illinois was the case of a student getting taken off his anti depresents. The virginia tech well everyone knows that student was unstable mentally.

~[Well technically we are safe no where. Why should a campus be any different?

This background check thing, well it won't prevent high school shootings. Remember Columbine? It was a public school and investigating the students records would be an invasion of privacy. However one could do that at universities and the like.

Also I wouldn't go as far to say that schools were cheep, they don't have the money. They use that money on other things that are important to the educational process. The school board has to decide wheater or not to spend that money on new equipment, new books, and supplies or a metal ditector that they will most likely not need or use. I'm also guessing in all the cases that a metal ditector would have been no aid what so ever.

I think the real problem is the news. The news so glorify the events that happened at columbine and at V-tech making it a desirable choice. The shooter in V-tech said he was going to be famous like the columbine shooters. They wouldn't even be famous if it wasn't for the mass media they recived. I do realize that it is something that needs to be reported but the news goes way to far with it's coverage. For example the V-tech shooter they realesed some of his video and parts of his letter, which was what he wanted. It just shows an example to metal disturbed kids that if they do this they will get what they want.]~

I agree with yusono. We aren't safe anywhere. The moment you step out of your house you could be killed. Heck, even being in your house. It amazes me how much people just trust others without realizing it. Just walking down the street you're putting your hands in hundreds of others' hands. Anyone driving a car could kill you at any second.

Anyways, I don't think privacy should be invaded like background checks on mental health, because it's a very personal thing. Last thing I would want is for my college to find out, without my permission, that I'm in therapy, have been known to be kinda homicidal at points and have been tentatively diagnosed by my psychiatrist as DID/MPD. Even if they could do background checks on mental health they couldn't find anything conclusively. So you've been in therapy, so you had/have a psychiatrist, so you were hospitalized for a bit. Inconclusive in this current day and age.

Lot's of people think we have more school shootings and such, but we don't really. It's just documented more. And we are able to kill more people in a short time.

The only improvement I can really see for schools would be for them to actually not be too scared to react to things. Administration tends to want to sit and wait until they have complete proof of something dangerous, which often means waiting until someone does something dangerous and hurts someone.

I will tell you right now, our school has a metal detector, and they search our bags when we enter.
Its become a game to see what we can sneak in. People bring stupid things just to see if they can get it in.
Security in schools isn't serious because they don't expect it.
You could probably get a rifle in some baggy pants and say you have metal on your shoes.