In one article it states how certain schools were taking actions to hopefully limit these events. In the article, it states that in Oregon “there was talk about creating a list of students with troubled pasts (Shootings 2012).” This is a prime example of how they were refusing to have to resort to allowing the teacher to bring a firearm on school grounds. They go on to tell of some of the security measures they took to prevent unauthorized individuals from entering the building. They state “to prevent similar killings from occurring. Staff received identification badges and school doors began to be locked during the day… [and that] the school campus was cut off from the surrounding area by a fence (Shootings 2012).” What they failed to realize is that these security measures will mean almost nothing to a shooter.
If you were to ask teachers in the 1980’s if they thought training school faculty members gun safety and allow them to carry weapons it would be viewed as unimaginable. With the increase of school violence since 1999 more parents and faculty members have been asking how we should go about keeping our children safe in school. In the United States in 2012, there were ten school shootings leaving forty-one dead and thirteen wounded (Tyrel). Many schools in urban neighborhoods have installed metal detectors and do backpack checks prior to allowing anyone into the schools doors. Should we train and allow school faculty members to carry weapons to help keep our children safe or should we find other methods of early detections to stop these events from happening.
Why hadn’t his mother checked the house to make sure everything was safe for her children? Hearing stories of young children do harm with such weapons can bring a thought of whether or not parents are still paying attention to and watching their children these days. Michael Moore shared that media feeds fear into the public. The media puts violent acts as top stories in America, yet in Canada, there is not as much violence at all. Toronto, Canada is only about a three to four hour drive from Detroit, Michigan.
Safety officers should be armed in all schools in order to minimize crime. Many people believe is it completely ludicrous in fact unbelievably insane the fire arms should be kept on school grounds. Allowing for safety guards to have access to using gun power in an elementary school can increase a young mind’s thirst for violence. Under no circumstances should a gun be visible to a child
To prevent school shootings, and other future gun crimes, it is important to help kids with mental problems at a young age. More mental-health counsellors and anti-bullying resources for schools would be a good place to start, because that taking away the American’s right to own a gun is probably not going to happen anytime soon. External sources: "Obama unveils sweeping new gun control proposals" (03:23) January 16, 2013 "How will Newtown shootings change the US gun debate?" (02:08) December 15, 2012 "National Rifle Association: Obama's gun control reforms abuse rights" (01:00) January 23, 2013 "Protection for Obama's Kids: Gun-Free Zones For Ours?" (0:35) January 16, 2013 "US gun debate: Could Obama's guns plan work?"
Jamie O’Meara’s Idea is that for children to lose interest in using guns there should be gun education as part of the school’s curriculum. He believes not only that it will remove the mystery but teach children to be responsible with guns. With that, gun education in schools is an idea which needs support. Teaching gun education will remove the curiosity and glamour of guns, cut down on accidental injuries and deaths, and promotes the idea of a gun being a tool and not a weapon. Firstly, exposing children to guns and gun education will take away from the curiosity they might have later in life that would have led to an issue or incident.
The bill will have the citizens to carry guns inside the school. You will have an approved permit to carry a loaded gun in school. I have used and carried a loaded gun on and off work before but I never in school. Would the bill help me protect my children on school? This will not change anything, it will have more weapons out in the open.
On appeal, the Court said the "school official exception" to the probable cause requirement for a warrantless search does not apply when the search is carried out at the behest of the police. Here, despite the S.R.O. 's apparently dual role as a school official and a law enforcement officer, the fact that she acted at the behest of a police officer requires the State to prove either that the search was conducted pursuant to a valid consent or probable cause existed to believe that the student had violated the law and had in his possession evidence of that violation. II. GENERAL STUDENT-WIDE SAFETY OR ADMINISTRATIVE SEARCHES Warrantless searches in the public school environment involving groups of students are sometimes “reasonable” under the Fourth Amendment despite a lack of suspicion particular to any individual student.
A school is a place to learn and escape the violence of the outside world, but sometimes that violence is brought inside the walls built for learning. Since the terrifying Columbine high school shootings there have been many more violent gun incidents in schools. Metal detectors should be placed throughout schools all over the world to give students and teachers a safer feeling while going about their normal school days. Programs that deal with gun related topics should be held on a monthly basis and there should be class discussions very routinely also. Random searches for students should be enforced to make the students aware that they could be caught with a weapon at any time.
There are people who are mentally ill that are able to purchase guns with the intent of killing people. Laws for purchasing guns should be strengthened. A simple background check should not be the only thing in the way of a person purchasing weapons. The National Rifle Association was founded in 1871 as a sporting and hunting association, they supported most gun control regulation for its first 100 years. Now the National Rifle Association members are in favor requiring an extensive background check, and “69 percent support requiring all gun sellers at gun shows to conduct criminal background checks of the people buying guns; 59 percent favor mandatory registration of handguns; and 77 percent favor a waiting period for the purchase of a handgun.” All of these are would make it harder for people to purchase guns and allow proper documentation for every gun.