Safe or Free from Danger

Consider these two statements: 

1.  My child is safe in school.

2.  My child is not in danger in school.

Now expand consideration of the core of those two statements.  Is it better to be safe or not in danger?  In a free society, which condition is preferable?  To be able to come and go, when and where desired without the concern for personal safety would appear to be the better alternative.  An artificial level of security or safety derived from bullet proof glass, locked doors, and/or armed guards does not imply the desirable experience of freedom that many fellow citizens would like to believe they enjoy.  Not only that, but what safety measures are ever truly infallible.

The preference to be safe or free from danger should influence the discussions of what to do about gun violence, domestic violence, or violence of any kind that threatens any member of society.