Preventing School Shootings In Public Schools

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“One failed attempt at shoe bomb and we all take off our shoes at the airport. Thirty-one school shootings since Columbine and no change in our regulation of guns”-John Oliver. This quote was said by John Oliver and he is absolutely right. If the regulation of guns isn’t gonna change then schools need to be safer. Schools need to change. There have been many school shootings and we still haven’t changed anything though. If we can’t change the regulations on guns then schools need to change. Schools are unsafe for students. The Central York School District is not safe enough. There are many things that they could do to make their schools safer. Central York School District is unsafe because we don’t check bags or the students and we don’t do drills enough, but making schools safer would be expensive.
Safety at Central York School District isn’t good because the bags aren’t searched and the students themselves aren’t searched. Someone could hide a weapon in their bag. If only bags are searched, someone could hide something in their clothes. “Most school security specialists agree that professional school security programs are much more comprehensive…” (Trump, Ken). If other schools believe that more security would make schools safer, why isn’t Central doing …show more content…

When Central actually needs to use these drills for an actual emergency the schools won’t be well prepared. Not practicing drills could have horrible consequences for students and staff. “Students throughout the district also dedicated a half day of school to practicing fire drills as well as internal and external lockdowns” (Mt. Pleasant). If Central practiced their drills more everyone would be a whole lot safer. Others schools are doing drills more than Central, so those schools are already more prepared than Central. Checking bags and students and practicing drills would make Central safer, however, it would be

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