Preventing school tragedy: 'You always hope it never happens, but it's never far from our minds' (The Buffalo News)

New York State has spent a substantial amount of money in the last 10 years to help schools harden their exteriors, improve mental health and help defray the cost of hiring school resource officers, state Sen. Sean Ryan said. He also pointed to the 10 gun-related bills passed in the wake of the shootings in Buffalo and Texas.

“There's no easy solution to the problem, and that’s why we take a multilayered approach,” said Ryan, a member of the Senate’s Education Committee. “All these things come together and you hope that will weave a strong enough safety net.”