Let me get back on the subject. You are right about the school shooting problems, ed. We recently had a local law enforcement officer come to a church group to discuss school protection at the local school. I made the comment in front of the group (which I always make) that there are only three things you need to do to stop school shootings. (1) You have a metal detector that all students have to walk through. (2) No metal objects are allowed in school of any kind. No car keys. No (money) change. No metal book binders or pens. If a student drives to school, their car keys get locked up in a locker/cabinet- controlled by the principal BEFORE they go through the metal detector............ No money? When I was in school, we had a lunch ticket that we carried with us that we bought at the first of the week. When you go through the lunch line every day one of the five numbers get a hole punched through it. No need for money in school. If you have to buy a yearbook or make a purchase, bring your parent's credit card............(3) Once the school starts, the doors are locked down and no doors are excess able. No one comes or goes in and out the doors. Deliveries are monitored by the principal or the school security. When I was in school, we had hall monitors who sat in the hallways doing their homework or reading. They were to monitor people who were in the hallways during class period and took down their names. Place them by the doors and they have a key to open the doors in case of a fire. No student goes to their cars. No teachers block the doors open with a rock to bring things in, like what happened at the one school shooting. Those three things will cut down if not eliminate school shootings. The length of prosecuting someone like in the video? Well, the law is the law.

Last edited by Jimmy W; 09/08/24 02:20 PM.