While the fear and fury surrounding the recent violent death of schoolchildren slowly subsides, I ponder the past, look at my childhood surroundings and find an easy-to-reach piece of low-hanging fruit:

The SRO at my high school alma mater, who stepped up and performed her duty well, preventing the slaughter of schoolchildren because she and the school administration had prepared and practiced for a random act of violence at the school.

One difference in events two years apart — handguns vs. assault rifles, the handgun holder more of a barking dog, the assault rifle user more of a dog that bit.