My school is in an area where gang activity is not uncommon. Sometimes we have to intervene in physical confrontations. Sometimes at my school we use a hand-held metal detector. I don't think it's enough. But as school security officers, we know that metal detectors alone are not the answer.
Kids have many ways to go around detectors.
We need to stop the guns from getting into their hands in the first place. We need laws that put roadblocks up against those who buy 50 guns at a time and sell them on our streets. We need child safety locks to prevent a child from accidentally firing a loaded handgun at another child. We need common-sense laws to protect our children. I was proud to join my friends and coworkers from Camden who took part in the Million Mom March in Washington on Mother's Day.