In Philadelphia, there have been 257 shootings as of October this year alone. Gun violence not only hurts the community, but it affects everyone, even those not involved. With the recent shooting taking place in North Philly, that really got me thinking about how the big school related companies are watching over children that go to school in dangerous places. At Carver, we have our metal detectors and whatnot, but what about outside of school? 

From my research, I wasn't really able to find anything about gun violence and special laws to protect schools such as our from dangerous threats. The only things we really do have are lock downs and shelters-in-place, which are drills that we practice once a year. These are helpful but how effective are they? According to SafePlans, lock downs are not very effective when it comes to mass shootings; there have been 307 school shootings since Columbine, which means something is obviously wrong. As for a shelter in place, they can be effective based on the situation. Ready.gov says that “There may be situations, depending on your circumstances and the nature of the disaster, when it's simply best to stay where you are and avoid any uncertainty outside by “sheltering in place". "