Metal detectors: Perhaps we are overlooking them in our search for answers to all the mass shootings. When we can see something is working, we should use it more. And, surely we should see the increased use of metal detectors at airports since 9-11 has reaped great rewards. Have we had a hijacking since?
If metal detectors are the heart of our effort to keep terrorists off planes, and if we are proving successful at keeping terrorists off planes, we should wonder if we might reap similar results if we installed metal detectors at many of our public buildings. Take that which works, and see if it will work in other areas.
Or, is the inconvenience too great?
I, for one, wonder but what we should have metal detectors at most public buildings, and learn to live with the inconvenience. Adapt or die. We could have a double-door system, in which the person goes through one door to enter the metal detector area, and then has to pass through a second door. But, if metal is detected, the second door shuts down, locking him out.
You put such a system in front of any of the buildings where mass murders have occurred, and the mass shooting probably wouldn't have taken place. Crime needs opportunity, so take away the opportunity. If the shooter can't get a gun into the building, he can't shoot up the building.
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