Take the Precautions at Schools that We take at Airports

  Some months ago, a friend suggested a solution to gun shootings. Now, with the Umpqua Community College shooting, I wonder but what this would have stopped the shooter, Chris Harper.
  Place metal detectors at the entrances of all schools. Make security as tight at schools as it is at airports. As I thought on this this evening, I considered how few airplane hijackings we have had in recent years. Have we had any, at all? And, we don't have mass shootings in the sky. Nobody stands up on an airplane, turns around, and guns down all the passengers.
   Our security measures are working.
   It is sad that it has come to this. It is sad that schools should have to take such measures. It is an inconvenience students would face each day. And, in the long run, it might only force the shooters to different venues -- grocery stores, sporting events and such. Then, those sites too would be forced to take this measure.
   But, if we are to be safe, if we are to protect ourselves against these shooters, we must do the things that work. The security at airports has proven successful. It is a dire measure that it should be required at all public venues.
   But, we must do what is required to protect ourselves.