My thoughts on School Shootings..,.

In less than a week there has been three shootings that has occured on school properties in the U.S. There is a very good reason for these occurances, lack of something called SECURITY. Yes schools are supposed to be the most secure enviroments for learning, playing, and after school activities, yet these are the softest targets for criminal activity of any kind. We as a society always think that our children are going to be safe from any kind of an attack at a school, this is simply not so; any maniac with the intention to cause harm will do so at any time. How do we prevent school shootings in the future? This is really a no brainer that is lost on many people, conservitives included.

The answer is uniformed armed security officers, this is the proper deterant to any attack on any school property. Unarmed officers though required to face off against an armed suspect is hardly an answer, as shown in the Red Lake school massacre, the first person shot and killed was the unarmed security officer manning a metal detector at the entrance of the school; what a good deterent he was. There are two problems that affect provision of adequate security for our schools here in the U.S., they are 1.) proper budget for school security and 2.) liberal minded cowards who want schools to present an open atmosphere that invites potential criminal attacks upon children in schools.

In discussions that I had earlier this week in my Introduction to Law Enforcement class, if someone is intent on committing a crime they will, nothing will stop them from doing it, even if there is a perceived adequate security presence. But you have to also think that if someone is intent to commit a crime, they also took the time to plan their criminal activity. the School Shootings that have occurred this week, reflect the fact that they have had planning involved. The Shooting in Pennsylvania was planned based upon the fact that there would be no means of resistance to the Shooters attack, in other words there was no security for the school based upon the Amish Principals of peaceful existence. This morning's shooting in a Joplin, Misouri School was supposedly planned by a 13 year old student who managed to bring a rifle into the school unchallenged, why? The answer once again is lack of adequate security on the school property.

There also comes into play the complacency of society that certain events such as school violence or school shootings will never happen in thier community, it is this complacency that sets up the potential for these criminal acts to happen. Societial ills have evolved and it is up to society to adapt to changes to prevent these ills from getting out of hand. to do this you must go to your local school board, to point out that school there needs to bechange to prevent future acts of violence on school prperty. You need to go to the University or Colleges board of directors, to incease funds to provide training for security personnel and provide equipment for better security for campus protection.

All Schools need to change and train their security assets to better provide for the safety and protection of society's most important asset our children. To be prepared to handle these situations should be a priority for all schools in the U.S. Because it is now no longer an if situation, it is a when situation.

What can parents do about this, well I would say get involved in their childrens affairs and lives, Become a Parent for a change.

Evan