School Locked Down, Raided by SWAT Officers – Because Some Kid Had a Microphone

[tx_transplant]

Microphone, Not Gun, Prompts Lockdown At Chaminade Prep. In West Hills « CBS Los Angeles

Really? The level of panic out there is nauseating.

 

[txinvestigator]

What is it you object to? There were several elements to the article.

 

[tx_transplant]

For me, it's the level of panic that society has reached. Seeing a person near a school with something in his hand, to me, doesn't rise to needing to make a MWAG call. My issue in this case isn't so much the response to the call, but more so the call itself.
There has come a tendency to react as if every item carried by someone is instantly a firearm being carried with ill intent. If I recall, a week or 2 ago, there was a similar case involving a guy with an umbrella in NYC.

 

[MatteR]

It's CA, they have no clue what a gun looks like.

 

[TaoJones1066]

Sounds like he objects to the paranoia and over reacting.