Our hearts go out to the families and victims of the Saugus High School shooting. It’s unimaginable to think you could send your child to school in the morning and never see them alive again. Yet, that’s what parents are going through today.

Properly securing schools to prevent student shooters will always be a challenge. These students typically don’t stand out from the hundreds of other kids on campus. Metal detectors with trained school security guards at every entrance are costly. The best prevention measures are to identify and help troubled youth before they act out and make sure they don’t have access to weapons.