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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because kids hold open doors for each other to let other things in the school.[/quote]

In my high school, there was literally a hole in the fence everyone used to climb through to ditch. As soon as it was repaired, another hole appeared. Hopefully kids aren't doing that nowadays, but yeah, it's hard to stop every possible entrance when so many kids are involved.[/quote]

In other words metal detectors are just a meaningless gesture for show since they'd be easily bypassed. [/quote]

No. Security (of all kinds) is about layering. Think of an airport. You have metal detectors which perhaps stop xx% of a bomb threat, and you have bomb-sniffing dogs which stop XX%, then security cameras, and you have the employees ask you if you packed your own bag, and then you have a response protocol to handle threats which provide added protection. Etc. It's about layers upon layers, with no one layer being entrusted to prevent 100% of anything.

Additionally, all these tools are deployed for more than just bombs. Guns, knives, explosive materials packed in suitcases, smuggled drugs, etc.

The same thing for schools on a more micro scale.[/quote]

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