US schools embrace biometric tools to fight gun violence

School security in the United States has never looked more like a Robocop movie, with schoolboards turning to technological solutions for the problem of chronic mass shootings.

Working on the principle that the way to fight guns is with more guns, faster, the school district in Oconee County, South Carolina has installed biometric gun safes in each of its schools. According to a local news source, WYFF, a total of 18 safes have been placed at undisclosed locations in …

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