Thought more about the high-tech answers to mass shootings, such as having a robocop chase the criminal down. Decided it is possible he might be a little too expensive for our schools.
But, I wonder if having the defense system throughout the ceiling might be much less expensive, and perhaps even better, anyway. Robocop would have to chase the active shooter down before taking the gun from him. If, on the other hand, a mechanical arm simply stretched out from the ceiling above -- just feet away and therefore within quick reach -- the armed shooter would be stopped quicker.
So, here is what you do: You place sensors in the ceiling, sensors that determine when gun shots are fired. As soon as the sensors determine the gunfire, a mechanical arm comes down out of the ceiling and grabs the gun from the assailant, and captures the assailant, himself.
Seconds into the shooting, the shooting is over.
Ceilings would no longer be covered with drywall. The mechanical arms would be open and visible and ready to activate without having to wait for an opening in the ceiling. There would be a mechanical arm in the ceiling every few yards, so that when the sensors sensed the gunfire, that mechanical arm that was right over the shooter would be the one that reached down to stop the shooter.
I do not know if such a system could be developed at an affordable price. But, I like to think so.
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