Proposed solutions reach grim lows as American levels reach record highs. The National Safety Shelters made the Hideaway Tornado Shelter and Safe Room.
According to a press release, these grayish, shed-like people boxes are supposedly the "ultimate solution" to school safety, constructed from bulletproof, tornado-resistant ballistic III level steel, and your district can get them for an average of $7 per student over the course of a 14-year
That's not all. According to the press release, districts that have bought into this "near-absolute protection for students" have seen an increase in the number of students. There is a lot of depressing marketing language out there.
This is the latest technology-driven solution to school shooting.
"Could schools do more to protect students from harm?" is the question posed in a promotional video for the product.
In America, gun safety is a point of contention. As horrifying details about the police response to the Uvalde, Texas elementary school massacre come to light, the public's anger continues to grow.
There isn't much evidence that technological band-aids do anything to prevent tragedies.
It should be up to schools or tech to solve the problem, not the government.
One thing to market as tornado shelters is school safety. It's hard to justify paying $7 a month for a subscription to avoid student death by assault rifle when mass gun violence is preventable through legislation and government intervention.
Most of the company's ethics board resigned over the taser-wielding drones proposal.
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