My campus is investing heavily in infrastructure to deal with the potential for an active shooter.
This probably amounts to statistical murder, given that they are talking about $250 locks for every door on campus, and $1000 crash bars on all the rooms that hold more than fifty people. The idea is to be able to lock a classroom from the inside to protect against an active shooter in the hallway.
Here’s what I’d like to know.
Fire regulations require measures that make exiting rooms easy. But, what if the active shooter is in a classroom? Aren’t there going to be occasions in which it would make sense to be able to lock him in?
I understand that some may view this question as impertinent. But, protecting against risk is always like squeezing a water balloon: it creates problems where you’re not squeezing. In this case, all of our efforts to make sure that active shooters can’t get into rooms is going to just about guarantee that in a future event the shooter is going to start inside and come out of a room.
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