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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The high school I went to of approx. 2000 students had airport-style metal detectors and scanners when you entered the building. Plus there were 15-20 security guards working there. So why when there was a bomb threat they made us students sit on the bleachers for 4 hours wasting valuable instruction time, while searching the school thoroughly for explosives? Needless to say, no explosives were found. We have scanners and metal detectors, so how can a bomb get in the school? That’s literally what metal detectors are for.[/quote]
You cannot be that clueless, can you?[/quote]
OP here. Then what's the purpose of scanning if it can't protect us from bombs?[/quote]

In all likelihood, they can, but it's not foolproof and a bomb in the school is very very serious. If they have reason to believe there might be a bomb, they'd be negligent not to take it seriously and evacuate). There's a reason this is standard practice for schools and government buildings (the Colorado Capitol which also had metal detectors was evacuated because of a bomb threat yesterday).

I lived through many of these bomb threats as a kid (enough that I lost count), and managed just fine despite losing hours of instructional time.[/quote]

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