Other protective measures can only be enacted at a cost to our freedoms. Our freedom to live peacefully must be superior to some privacy interests where the risk is calculably higher as it is in certain environments. This is not meant to be an exhaustive listing of potential safeguards against school shootings. If you ask 100 parents or teachers what steps would most effectively prevent school violence, you'd have 100 different lists. It's up to us to identify what elements our lists have in common, and to stop reflexively stepping in the way of those who seek to take action once they have identified a priority.
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