Ben Franklin is alleged to have said, "Those who give up liberty for security, in the end get neither." Reason Online offers one perspective regarding the risk involved in reactive decisions:

If the reaction to the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School is anything like the reaction to Sept. 11, we're in for a decade or more of frantic overreaction and wasteful, destructive policies based on the false promise of perfect safety.

How much of your kids' freedom and privacy are you willing to trade out in order to introduce more security into our school systems?

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