Japanese schools in the United States are on alert following the Dec. 14 shooting massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, that left 26 students and adults dead before the gunman killed himself.
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Monday that gun control legislation is part of the solution to prevent shooting rampages, but the principal of a local Japanese school in the U.S. Northeast is skeptical and says there is no way to totally eliminate the risk posed by an individual who is determined to attack a school.
That's why Yasuo Ono's supplementary school in New York, which holds classes for local Japanese children on weekends, conducts drills to protect them from fires and assaults each year.