On February 14, 2018, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School became nationally known as the location where 17 innocent students, friends, family members, and coworkers became the victims of Nikolas Cruz’s brutality. On December 14, 2012, 20 innocent children were stripped away from being the future of America, and 6 adults who woke up with the intention to provide them an education were murdered on the hallways of Sandy Hook Elementary School. The list of these tragic events continues extensively, and the number of victims of school violence, unfortunately, follow the same sequence. The crucial similarity of the schools affected was their lack of improved and enforced security. Similarly, school security procedures and measures currently in place are not effective in preventing violence. The extensive focus on gun control as the solution of school violence fails to recognize that current preventative measures can be implemented to provide improved protection for students. For this reason, security measures should be increased in schools because it will enforce a safe environment for students and staff, the likelihood of a threat towards schools will decrease, and preventative measures can take place efficiently.
The statistics of school shootings, their rate of occurrence, and the number of victims for each event are relatively low. However, any singular death that happens on school property is already considered to exceed the limit. Parents, students, and faculty members