You’re right of course, Travis. I was looking at it from the point that there could be hundreds more explosive devices planted around the city that had yet to be found and detonated, so there was a possibility that many more could be hurt.
Not a chance, IMHO. These pressure cooker devices were strictly amateur and low tech. If we lock down large cities for episodes like this, we are announcing our utter weakness and fear to potential jihadists everywhere. Like a lady leaping onto a table because of a mouse. It just announces our fear, and our LE’s eagerness to clamp down with virtual martial law. What a bang for the buck, for loser low-echelon jihadists! This was about 1% of a Beslan or a Mumbai, and we acted like it was an alien invasion.