Calls mount to remove metal detectors from NYC public schools (weapons, 9/11)

[Northeastah]

Calls Mount to Remove Metal Detectors From NYC Schools | NBC New York

You can't even make this stuff up!

There hasn't been a school shooting in NYC Schools in 13 years, so lets go ahead and remove what is making that possible!

Because you know, we don't want to offend minorities!

[TigerLily24]

Should have been done years ago.
Why should children be subjected to that every day?
It's like assuming guilt before innocence.

I live in Colorado, in the Denver metro. No detectors in my local schools or theaters even now.

Do we have more faith in our neighbors or are we just stupid?
I think the former.

[Northeastah]

Have no fear, I am sure Cuomo's "Safe Act" will ensure their safety.

[Northeastah]

Originally Posted by TigerLily24

Should have been done years ago.
Why should children be subjected to that every day?
It's like assuming guilt before innocence.

I live in Colorado, in the Denver metro. No detectors in my local schools or theaters even now.

Do we have more faith in our neighbors or are we just stupid?
I think the former.

Using your logic, we should remove airport security because there hasn't been a plane hijacked in the US since 9/11

and why on earth should we have to go through that hassle every time we travel??

and BTW, I think the latter.

[pknopp]

I say good move. Paranoia breeds paranoia.

There hasn't been a shooting in our schools either, is it because of metal detectors in NY?

[TigerLily24]

Originally Posted by Northeastah

Using your logic, we should remove airport security because there hasn't been a plane hijacked in the US since 9/11

and why on earth should we have to go through that hassle every time we travel??

and BTW, I think the latter.

Well, it doesn't seem much different from those that insist that we can't increase background checks after each mass shooting.

But that's different, I guess.

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by TigerLily24

Should have been done years ago.
Why should children be subjected to that every day?
It's like assuming guilt before innocence.

I live in Colorado, in the Denver metro. No detectors in my local schools or theaters even now.

Do we have more faith in our neighbors or are we just stupid?
I think the former.

We're talking NYC where 12 year olds are on probation for having guns.

[Anchorhead1977]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

We're talking NYC where 12 year olds are on probation for having guns.

You ever been here? I went through NYC schools. Metal detectors were an inconvenience and no weapons were ever confiscated except for the occasional swiss army knife - and I'm quite sure kids in Texas have those too. Given that city kids haven't resorted to shooting up a school to get whatever aggression they have out, I'd say it makes sense.

[elan]

"Calls mount to remove metal detectors from NYC public schools"

That's nuts. They should put them in all the schools though. Stuff can and does happen in the higher income neighborhood schools too. My district has them in every single high school. I walked through them a gazillion times, it's really no big deal. I wouldn't even want my kid going to a school that didn't have them. Better safe than sorry.

[North Beach Person]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

We're talking NYC where 12 year olds are on probation for having guns.

How can that be? NY has some of the toughest gun laws in the US (starting with the Sullivan Act in 1911).

As a now retired teacher who confiscated my share of weapons, including guns, early in my career I have no problem with metal detectors. Some school systems have had them going on 20 years now.

Do I wish they didn't have to be used? Yes. My system toyed with the idea of installing them over the years but the cost was too great. And yes, it has had shootings (and stabbings, and assaults with other weapons) in the schools or just off campus between students.