Owen Oppenheimer
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UT Student, Legislative Liaison
March 10, 2025
1000 school shootings in past 36 months
March 20, 2025
Imagine this: fires have been breaking out in schools across the country. Parents implore schools to prioritize the safety of their kids. Those schools then hire a single man with a bucket of water to patrol the school.
You’d be, rightfully, confused—maybe even angry. Why not go with a far more ubiquitous and modern solution: the sprinkler system.
Fortunately, sprinkler systems are in fact mandatory in all schools. Major school fires have become exceptionally rare. But despite there being over 1,000 reported school shootings since 2022, our methods of prevention have remained stagnant.
Every second matters in an active shooting situation, but for whatever reason our methods of prevention have not updated with changing technology. To return to our previous analogy, we continue to rely on one person with a bucket instead of spreading out a system that’s ever-present and ready to respond in seconds.
According to the most recent statistics, 70% of shootings end in 5 minutes or less. Unfortunately, by the time law enforcement arrives it’s often already too late. With firearm related incidents being the second leading cause of death of minors in the United States, we have no choice but to innovate our way to a solution.
Campus Guardian Angel is offering that better solution. With highly trained personnel ready to deploy our drone security systems 24/7, we stand ready to protect what matters most to you.
When seconds matter, we were already there.