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But what was the threat?

Are you stoned?

What would you do if there was an unknown package in your car?

Sheesh! If the children want to play, let them go back to the "panty raids" of the 1950's.

We live in very dangerous times. If I saw someone planting a "package" where I live I would kill them and worry about the consequences afterwards.

You would kill someone putting up a light up cartoon character somewhere?

Wow. Now, if this was going on in your home, I would say "ok" some nutjob was in the guys house and he shot them.

Out on the street..ahhhh no.

"We live in very dangerous times. If I saw someone planting a "package" where I live I would kill them and worry about the consequences afterwards."

You're absolutely right. Had I seen what appeared to be a circuit board with batteries dangling from a bridge or in a subway station, I would have called 911 too. Better to err on the side of security than ignore it and have it be something devastating. How would someone know that the circuit board wasn't attached to something bigger stashed out of sight? How would one know if the circuit board wasn't equipped to send a signal to a bigger package? There are so many sophisicated ways of blowing people up these days, how, would I, as a common person without any knowlege of such things know that this wasn't part of a potential attack? The only way to find out was to report it to the authorities. I learned a long time ago, that the only dumb question is the one you don't ask. Do these same people think that a cop should wait to ascertain whether the gun aimed at him is a toy or the real thing before he reacts? I think they need to wake up.

If the "package" looked like a flat sign that had LEDs that lit up, and 4 duracell batteries attached, and was being "planted" in a public area where people would see it, I'd probably say something along the lines of "that looks cool, what does it do?"

If there were an unknown package in my car there would be a very good reason to be suspicious of that package.

But I'm not going to use a little common sense in evaluating the item to see it it's out of place and potentially dangerous before I call the police and report it as a possible bomb.