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Old 10-04-2018, 11:13 AM #91
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Originally Posted by Cherie View Post
Occasionally at my sons College they have those arches that you walk though that pick up if you are carryng a knife, he says most of the students are happy to walk through it..and as a parent I don't have an issue with it either, I don't want to think of my son sitting next to someone who is carrying a knife in class
There's a pretty big difference between metal detectors and having someone actively stick their hands inside your coat / up and down your body, though. The biggest concern is the invasion of personal space, surely. Some people are fine with that, and that's great... but some people are really not OK with strangers having the right to pat them up and down.
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