Proactive not reactive.

Via AZ Central:

Two days after a gunman’s rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, my smartphone buzzed with an alert. My daughter’s high school issued a Shelter in Place warning because of a suspected gun shot.

Thankfully, it was just a car backfiring, but I’m sure many parents felt their chest constrict fearing the worst. I know mine did.
After Parkland, many blamed the NRA

To alleviate the concern of parents like me, not to mention students and teachers, governors across the country have scrambled to reform their laws to prevent a similar incident from occurring in their states.

Since the Columbine massacre nearly 20 years ago, similar mass casualty events have only grown more frequent on campuses, in churches and at concerts.

After Parkland, many activists and politicians proposed magical one-size-fits-all solutions that would have done little to prevent that or other attacks.

Most pressed for random gun control measures and inveighed against the National Riffle Association and conservative politicians who had nothing to do with the crime. Others demanded we hand sidearms to teachers and leave it at that.[…]

Ducey’s plan has the complexity we need

This week, he released “Safe Arizona Schools,” a plan to help prevent shootings like the nightmare in Broward County. His proposal calls for a wide range of improvements:

Investing in mental and behavioral health resources at schools.

Creating a central tip line for reporting school safety concerns.

Restricting firearms access for dangerous individuals through a Severe Threat Order of Protection.

Enhancing background checks by improving the completeness and accuracy of the criminal history database.

Increasing school resource officers and law enforcement resources for schools.

Eliminating background check gaps.

Instead of focusing on one piece of the problem — guns — Safe Arizona Schools addresses school security, law enforcement, mental health and, yes, gun safety.

In other words, it targets the unique problem of mass shootings from several directions at once.

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