Gun Violence in Schools provides Mental Health Experts and School Counseling Program professionals a unique opportunity to change protocols and paradigms. Here is an emerging method to make schools safer (released before complete to provide a developing framework for school districts wishing to implement such structures)! No longer can schools or mental health experts error on the side of client self determination. Safety changes everything. This is not a discussion about politics, or gun control ... it is about public / private partnerships (school districts and onsite mental health programs) working together in taking steps to determine risk and protective factors when safety concerns are realized. It brings collateralization, parents, teachers, and informed histories together, creating informed decisions of when to act for scholl safety sake.