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Originally Posted by SydneyK
I have assumed these measures were put into place post-Columbine in an attempt to prevent a similar tragedy.
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That's one reason, along with more general concern about unauthorized access to schools and to students. Here all middle schools have at least one "resource office" (a sheriff''s deputy); high schools have more.
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I can only hope that once the initial trauma of Friday's events has faded a bit, our country can have an honest, open discussion about our obsession with firearms.
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Yes, and about mental illness, and about densensitization (is that a word?) to violence in our culture, and . . . .