[quote=@Burning Kitty]
We don't need gun laws we need mental health laws that forcibly lock people up that are dangers to a society and hold therapists criminally and civilly responsible for when those in their care attack people.

If there are two rooms, one with a gun and nothing else, the other one with a crazy person who has snapped and ready to kill. You are safe in the gun room, unless you are so stupid you accidentally shoot yourself.

Guns do not kill, People are the killers. If someone wants to attack a school, office, park, and they can't get a gun to use they will use something else, sword, knife, bombs, poison, etc.

When a person intentionally runs over a person with their car you don't see people suing the car manufacturer, don't see politicians demanding "common sense" car laws.

Guns are nothing more than a scape goat for lazy stupid people or negligent politicians.

The only way to stop school shootings is to (preferably all):
1. Arm the staff.
2. One entrance period with an armed cop/security guard and metal detectors. All other doors incapable of being opened from the outside.
3. Lock up all crazy people.
4. Figure out what the fuck private grade schools are doing because you never hear of shootings at them.
5. Fire all liberals, socialists, communists from the schools and hire people who want to educate not indoctrinate.

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Arming the staff isn't exactly the best solution, but allowing the staff to carry concealed weapons, I think, is. Especially if you include firearms training requirements, conflict-resolution training, and regular mental health evaluations. It's also not a terrible idea to have armed, on-duty cops as school resource officers. I was a security guard for three years in an elementary school in an urban neighborhood. [s]I carried a gun every single day.[/s] I was always concerned about "What if..." some psychopath came to shoot up the place, and there was never a doubt in my mind that I'd probably be the first casualty, but I could guaran-god-damn-tee that it'd be near impossible to get past me.

Every door was locked from the inside and the two main doors had controlled entry with either a badge or an intercom system.  

Locking up all crazy people seems a little unrealistic.

Private schools have families that have to pay to send their kid there, and a strict behavior policy that boots kids that act up. Most of these kids and families want to be there and take steps to make sure that they can stay. Public schools? Not so much.