Reply #9: Perhaps the media are being a bit less hysterical these days...

[benEzra]

while still being duly cautious, due to the embarassment of things like this:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7683168 /

School mistakes huge burrito for weapon, goes into lockdown

CLOVIS, N.M. - A call about a possible weapon at a middle school prompted police to put armed officers on rooftops, close nearby streets and lock down the school. All over a giant burrito.

Someone called authorities Thursday after seeing a boy carrying something long and wrapped into Marshall Junior High.

The drama ended two hours later when the suspicious item was identified as a 30-inch burrito filled with steak, guacamole, lettuce, salsa and jalapeños and wrapped inside tin foil and a white T-shirt.