Here’s some thoughts you will neither read nor consider. Hey, did you see Matt Harvey threw 99? If you are still reading why don’t you ponder the second paragraph for a second.
In the 13 years since 9/11 as well as the century preceding 2001, there has never been an attempted terrorist attack on an American sporting venue (even the 1996 Atlanta Olympics bombing was at a concert far from the stadiums). Still, likely as a reaction to the Boston Marathon bombings which took place on a public street, baseball fans will be subject to pointless security theatre that may end up placing them in greater danger.
VICE Sports quotes University of Alabama economist Walter Enders, who co-authored a study on the effectiveness of metal detectors, as saying, “You’re trying to get in the door, there’s 20,000 people standing around outside. I could do a lot of damage there, just as easily as I could if I brought the thing inside. Maybe even more.”
via MLB’s New Metal Detectors Are Pointless Security Theatre – Hit & Run : Reason.com.
