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There comes a point where the security measures have to be viewed in a cost-benefit sense. Now, I'm not saying that anything is worth the lives of these students, but realistically, there is likely only a relatively small chance that this could have been prevented. Thankfully, this is obviously a rare occurrence (to the degree that we've never seen anything like it, and hopefully won't again). The cost (and by cost I mean loss of purpose, not dollar amount) of "securing" these campuses would be extraordinary. If you don't believe that, go visit Pensacola Christian College and decide if thats a campus that fosters learning.
I like the fact that we've progressed so far as a society that we do have a "lets fix it" mentality. However, reality mandates that some things aren't fixable without frustrating their very purpose for existence. To really prevent auto accident deaths, we'd take much of the utility and convenience out of driving. To adequately reduce the risk of becoming victims of terrorism, we'd constantly be living in fear. I don't want it to sound like "these things are just gonna happen", but in some sense, they are. We can't contemplate every possible contingency that will take life, and if we tried, we'd be even more miserable. This isn't to say there aren't steps to be taken, but there are things we'll never understand, that we'll never be able to predict, and that we'll never be able to control. I realize that for many, such questioning is part of the grieving process. But for the rest of us, I think we just have to accept that a terrible person did an inexplicable thing and it shouldn't detrimentally impact how we live our lives.
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