Metal detectors should be used daily in schools

Gun usage in the schools are starting to become a major concern. There has been an increase in school violence and the people in the community are starting to worry about their kids safety. Everyday more and more weapons have been found in schools and the safey of our children has been put in jeopardy. The majority of the schools in the United States do not use metal detectors on a daily basis. There hasn't been a proven number of schools using metal detectors, but the use of etal detectors on a daily basis has been limited to large urban schools with a history of weapon related issues. Using metal detectors on a day to day basis in schools are not mandatory but an option. So the question that still remains, are metal detectors in school necessary and should all school use metal detectors to improve school safety. Parents the media and other caring citizen are starting to have concerns aouth the safety of their children while they are at school. Most schools don't even consider the use of metal detectors until after high-profile incidents of school violence, such as school shootings or stabbing occur. What happened to prevention and the safety of our kids while they are at school? Why should a parent, sibling, or friend loose a love one before schools take the necessary precaution to protect their students. Its understandable that parents want some type of assurance that when they send their children to school their children will be safe. The fact that the school is using metal detector will some what put their minds at ease. The understand that metal detectors will not stop school violence a 100% but the metal detectors will help reduce some of the violence. Children most often spend the majority of their day at school. They not only come to school to learn but they also spend time wth their friends and to socialize. If students as well as the staff members don't feel safe at school, their education will also suffer. School should be considered a safety nest for our children and they shouldn't have to worry about life and death while they are at schhol. Metal detectors can really be effective in preventing some of the school violence that's happenening today. These devices helps to reduce the amount of knives and firearms that kids are bringing into the school building. In a study it was proven that students who attended a school that used metal detectors daily were half as likely to carry a gun, knife, or any other weapon to school as students who attended schools without metal detectors. Metal detectors can be a very valuable item to use inschools to help reduce the school violence. School violence has taken over the school and its up to the community to step up and do what's most important, make our children's safety our number one priority.