We must wonder about the simplest of checkpoints, if they serve as deterrents to mass shootings. If concerts and sporting events are off limits to guns, and we do not have an overly number of shootings at them, then why is that? Is it that the shooter is afraid of being shot back at by someone who does bring in a concealed weapon? Is he afraid he will have people on both sides of him, and that they will be close enough to stop him? I suppose it could be for these reasons. Still, I wonder if part of it is no more than that he must go through a check point -- the ticket-taker -- who is going to spot and stop any large gun or assault rifle.
Yes, I believe we should have more metal detectors. I tend to think we should have them at every school. But, what of a simple check point -- period? What if no school could be accessed without the person passing by a school administrator?
It's a simple fix, and it might not be a great fix, but it is something that could be done as quick as the morning sun, and without any expense for those schools choosing not to use more than principles and vice principles to man the doors. If President Trump were to no more than ask schools to do this, we could start doing it the very next day.
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