>Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said he planned to hold roundtable discussions starting Tuesday on how to make schools even more secure. One idea he and other state officials mentioned was limiting the number of entrances to the facilities.

The favorite trick up the sleeve of every security moron around the world. Of course, in case of fire it should be the opposite, the more entrances the better, but there wasn't a fire recently and there's a shooting every day. Long term experience be damned.

Actually, the limited number of entrances (not exits!) already killed. A girl died in the queue to enter a rock concert in Zagreb, IIRC 1981 or thereabouts, because someone thought one entrance would be enough and easier to control. The control was not as much against terrorism, we didn't have that back then, it was about making sure nobody gets in without a ticket. The crowd thought they heard music from inside (probably just testing the sound equipment) and got impatient; those in the front got pushed against the railing and so she died.

>Rep. Randy Weber (R-Tex.) said Congress eventually would consider legislation focused on “hardening targets and adding more school metal detectors and school police officers.”

The police state at its best. I somehow first read "R-Tex" as "T-Rex". I'm usually not dyslexic, but special cases require special measures, right?