Think Out Loud

A Tangent man was arrested in September for carrying an AR-15 rifle into a city hall building. Prior to his arrest, Skylar McCollaum prompted a lockdown at a local elementary school when he was seen nearby carrying the rifle, a handgun and a knife. The incident has caused community members like Albany Democrat-Herald reporter Caitlyn May to ask what tools officials have to stop a could-be shooter — and whether they go far enough. We hear from May and Liam Elder-Connors, a Vermont Public Radio reporter who produced a podcast series about a man who was arrested before he carried out a detailed plan he'd laid out to shoot up his high school.