wat0n wrote:@BlutoSays yes, I do. I also understand there aren't many options available to address it. We don't know for sure why these things happen more often than they used to, even though gun laws aren't substantially tighter than they used to be. It also doesn't seem likely there will be any changes to them.
Any suggestions? Physically blocking access seems like an obvious measure in this case. It doesn't solve the issue, but delaying attackers to allow for law enforcement to arrive would be a good thing by itself
Closing the premises would not really help much against attacks by insiders (like those two you linked) but stopping or delaying outsiders would be a good idea.
I can't give you suggestions because the list would be a thousand pages long based on a sliding scale of how safe you want to be and how many $$$ you have.
You know about the embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania? You know about Khost, right? That's with things highly thought out and defended.
If you start thinking like a bad guy, you can come up with all sorts of things to get around your cement wall. People can be evil. That's really it.
Are you going to design this school building with doors to automatically open if a fire alarm is pulled? Otherwise, how would the fire department deal with fires? Hmm. Some would be assassin comes up with a molotov cocktail and throws it on the top of the building. NOW WHAT?
You realize you put a place in lockdown and it takes longer for ambulances to get thru? That can kill also (and I'm not talking about an active shooter situation). That wall is there forever, with all drawbacks of it, not just the benefits of it. Have you thought about the tradeoffs of one vs. another?
Or some evil person goes after school buses as dropoff and pickup takes place. Horrible situations no one would want to face. Now where's your cement wall? Are you going to protect students at bus stops?
It would drive ordinary people insane trying to step thru all those scenarios. Your budget would be entirely eaten up by security.
But I know determined people can be evil and group punishment for the sins of a few isn't going to work. It's a sick society and we don't have Minority Report (and thank God for that). It won't be solved on a forum.