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Default Curved hallways to thwart shooters and hiding spots: Sad realityfor American schools (Australian news report)

On Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 12:33:43 PM UTC-4, Bod wrote:
Life in America has become so dangerous that people have resorted to
extreme measures to reclaim basic safety we take for granted.

Curved hallways to reduce a gunmans line of vision, hiding spots that
can fit up to 30 students and bulletproof windows are sadly becoming the
norm in American schools.

With mass shootings on the rise in the US and becoming deadlier €” there
have been 287 in 2019, according to the Gun Violence Archive €” schools
are being renovated to add built-in security features, with the hope of
protecting students in the event of an active shooter situation.

https://www.news.com.au/world/north-...672043a02fb4e5
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Bod


Some of that, IDK, questionable. But some basic things, like making
classroom doors strong and lockable from the inside seem like a good
idea for new construction. Of course that will take 50 years to cover
any reasonable percentage of schools.