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ALWAYS wondered and still do, why schools (to this day, crazy) did not install metal detectors or xray checkpoints across the board after this. The crazy thing about this (and the subsequent shootings up til now) is that to this very day, you could pack heat in your booksack, go to Any School, USA, and blast people. They have not put any precautions in after this. I know some schools have metal detectors in bad areas. but still, it amazes me nothing was done to prevent this besides banning trench coats.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but metal detectors would not have done anything to prevent columbine, right? If I understand the timeline correctly, the shooting started just after 11, and the shooters didn't go to class that morning, they simply showed up just before the shooting.

I'd imagine there haven't been too many mass shootings at schools where the shooter showed up to school that morning with a gun in his school bag and started shooting later in the day.

So, while metal detectors may prevent the kid who is trying to sneak a knife or pistol into school to kill one kid who has been picking on him, I don't think it would be very effective in stopping a mass shooting.

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Posted on 4/21/16 at 9:40 am to UpToPar

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but metal detectors would not have done anything to prevent columbine, right? If I understand the timeline correctly, the shooting started just after 11, and the shooters didn't go to class that morning, they simply showed up just before the shooting.

I'd imagine there haven't been too many mass shootings at schools where the shooter showed up to school that morning with a gun in his school bag and started shooting later in the day.

So, while metal detectors may prevent the kid who is trying to sneak a knife or pistol into school to kill one kid who has been picking on him, I don't think it would be very effective in stopping a mass shooting.

I wasn't talking about Columbine bc obviously it wouldn't have made much of a difference I don't think. (though how they got in the building at all should be discussed) But they were able to get in the building somehow and plant bombs everywhere. I was mainly talking about preventive measures in the aftermath.

I know the school my kids go to has all the doors locked where the kids are. I guess lunchtime is always a vulnerable point bc you have kids moving and being exposed. I'm not saying it would be a silver bullet but I think it would help deter would-be attackers. There have been those kids that bring the guns to school and shoot 1-2 people.

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