Rising gun violence is fueling not only the debate over gun control but also a more than $3 billion industry of companies working to protect children or employees against mass murder.
Teachers during the Utah County sheriff's office training in Spanish Fork. Rising gun violence is fueling a more than $3 billion industry of companies working to protect children or employees of schools against mass murder.The school year was starting in 10 days, and Donald Keegan was a busy man. An associate superintendent of the North Syracuse Central School District, Keegan had to make sure the bus drivers were trained and the cafeterias fully staffed.
Of all the troubling aspects of gun violence, among the most dispiriting may be scenes like the one in the Syracuse, New York, glass factory: “This is an entire industry that capitalizes on school shootings; however, these companies have very little evidence that what they are selling works,” said Odis Johnson, the executive director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Safe and Healthy Schools and a Bloomberg distinguished professor at the university.
With each new mass shooting, more schools and businesses, even in parts of the country that support stricter gun control, are taking steps to bolster the security of their buildings and train their staff. In a survey of more than 1,000 public schools last year by the National Center for Education Statistics, a research arm of the Education Department, the majority said they were taking some measures, such as putting locks on doors, to defend against shooters.
During the day, conference participants attended presentations and walked through a hall of displays. At night, there were entertainment and networking events that are typical of conferences. “Like many others whose business is tied to life and death, such as military personnel, heart and brain surgeons and oncologists, school administrators cannot always remain steeped in the gravity of their severe subject matter,” he said in an email. “A sponsored event at the end of the show is a way to commiserate, decompress and prepare for another day of tackling a major issue.
Alexandrow started by training employees and volunteer security guards at churches around the South. These students tended to be older men who were familiar with firearms.On his laptop, he played a video of day care workers pouncing on and punching him as he walked through a building in a red padded suit, carrying a fake rifle.
But Johnson, the Johns Hopkins professor, said that while teaching self-defense skills was important, the focus should be on preventing guns from falling into the wrong hands. “We expected to have a lot of people who are all about guns,” Cannon said. “But we have people who have never touched a firearm.”
Czyz added that he did not support a ban on military-style rifles because he “does not trust the government” to carry that out effectively.
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