On Tuesday, June 24, 2014 11:30:41 AM UTC-4, Stephen Sprunk wrote:   
      
   > There is no evidence at all that it protects us.  ...   
      
   Thanks for your explanation.   
      
   They're spending a lot on other security 'protections', like cameras   
   everywhere, login/logout for building entry, locked doors, etc.   
      
   Someone told the goal was containment in case of another campus shooting like   
   V-Tech.  But since that shooter was a student and thus authorized to be there,   
   I'm not sure how anything could've been done different once he started   
   shooting.   
      
   I think I mentioned that a kid had a BB gun in his car trunk on a college   
   campus.  When he opened his trunk, someone saw the BB gun and called police.    
   The campus went on lockdown.  The kid hid too, having no idea they were   
   looking for him.  After four    
   hours of lockdown they finally figured things out.  They said the kid would be   
   charged with numerous offenses, but I don't think a BB gun is illegal in any   
   way, plus it's not like he brandished it; some paranoid nut saw it.   
      
   Sometimes I serously wonder if our biggest threat will be from the busybodies   
   and control-freaks.  I know some of those people from community work and they   
   are a severe distraction.  Responding with a SWAT team to everything they   
   think they see is    
   awfully expensive.   
      
   (We had a SWAT team come out to deal with a resident, though it turned out he   
   had violated no law and in the end, was not arrested.)   
      
   Anyone see the situation differently?   
      
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