Newtown Massacre Fueling $5 Billion U.S. School Safety Spending
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After the Newtown shooting rampage, Tennessee’s Dickson County pledged to spend $500,000 on classroom barricades and a surveillance system at its school buildings -- enough money to pay for 14 first-year teachers.
“The school shooting up in Connecticut gave us a chance to stop and review things,” the county’s mayor, Bob Rial, said in a telephone interview. “You are always worried about that person on the fringe.”