How to Stop School Shootings

Just as we were going to press with this issue of POLICE, a student at a Santa Fe, TX, high school opened fire on his classmates and teachers with a shotgun and a revolver, killing 10. He also critically wounded school resource officer John Barnes, one of two SROs who shot it out with the gunman. Law enforcement officers, including an SRO and a Texas trooper, were able to persuade the shooter to surrender after a gunfight.School shootings have been the subject of much national debate since the h