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Or the bad guy i'll put it that way would not even go near the school knowing that someone can fight back against them. also i believe that it is insanity that they would even open the gates up 20 minutes before school ends. they are supposed to protect us and the children. so in the future, we need more security, we need more firearms on campus, we need better back grounds checks, and more study of mental health. i want to thank everyone for their condolences. thank you. >> thank you. i didn't, go ahe yes, go ahead. >> thank you mr. president. [ inaudible ] and friends. my name is curtis lawr...

We have security and we also have mpd on staff that we hire to make sure that things aren't coming into our school. and also immediately in the mornings and during dismissal immediately around the school to protect our kids as they leave. but last month, we did suffer a loss. one of our ninth grade was gunned down. so when we talk about safe passage, when we look at gun violence, i'm saying taking a double approach. you have to protect kids in schools. you have different laws in different states. so definitely where tlef don't ha they have don't have the necessary securities getting in, then w...

She will tell you she has spent over a decade in the bronx. and she will tell you that schoolteachers have more than enough responsibilities right now than to have to have the awesome responsibility of lethal force to take a life. [ applause ] thank you. nobody wants to see a shoot-out in school. and deranged sociopath on his way to commit an act of murder in a school with the outcome knowing the outcome will be outside is not going to care if there is somebody there with a gun. that is their plan anyway. i'm going to build on what my friend and colleague said. we tried this legislative approa...

Into that school. i'm an unknown adult to many of those students. i can tap on a window and they will open the door for me or i can catch someone coming out and easily get in. so one of the things that i have thought a lot about is we have really soft entry points into school. >> that is true. >> good afternoon. my heart goes out to everyone who has experienced this tragedy right now. i'm currently dean of students at friendship tech prep in the heart of southeast d.c. which is in ward eight which is one of the most impoverished wards in d.c. however, at our school, just a solution, we actuall...

It is a massive school with a lot of acreage to cover. a lot of floor area. so that would be a situation that is being discussed a lot by a lot of people. you'd have a lot of people that would be armed, be ready, they are professional, they may be marines a left the army, air forks and they are adept at doing that. you have a lot of them and they would be spread evenly throughout the school. so the other thing i really believe that if these cowards knew that the school was well guard from the standpoint of having professionals with great training, i think any wouldn't go into the school as to ...