(May 15, 2019 at 5:27 pm)Gae Bolga Wrote: Metal detectors are cheaper than legislation, and you'd want the metal detectors even if you could afford the legislation, which you can't.
Not compared to the medical and mental costs.
Legislation is hard, that part is true, but I think it is worth it so America doesn't have to live in a shooting gallery.
What else do we have but legislation? Legislation is how women got the right to vote. Legislation was how segregation ended, that took time and was hard for the people who advocated for it, and it took time and money, but I think that was worth it.
The long term benefit of reducing firearm violence is a savings, not a burden.