I didn't hear anything about the santa barbara thing but i heard something on CNN or something about a university in the las vegas area. they were talking about how there is a serial rapist in the area and the use of the escort system had sky rocketed. students who live on and off campus were living in fear and it drastically changed their daily activities. They were interviewing some students and a girl said that she had picked this school becuase she has felt the safest there. I think that the only thing that can truly be done to help prevent the violence in schools is have metal detectors at all the enterances. But is that a reality? there are very few schools out there that are willing to do this becuase it is a big red flag for saying that their school is not the safest. School on a daily basis isn't really the most fun and i can only imagine what school must be like for the kids who are making the threats.