Entire LA Unified School District Closed Over Backpack Bomb Threat

By Bob Owens

All 1,124 schools in the nation’s second largest school district have been shut down today as a result of a backpack bomb threat.

All of Los Angeles’ public schools were closed Tueday due to a “credible terror threat,” officials said.

LA Unified School District Superintendent Ramon Cortines said the threat involved backpacks and said every school in the 700,000-pupil district would be searched.

“I think it is important that I take this precaution based upon what has happened recently and what has happened in the past,” Cortines said.

Backpacks were used to transport the bombs used in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing conducted by Islamic immigrants and the 2005 London bombings carried out by four home-grown Islamic terrorists.

San Bernardino California was recently the site of a Islamic terrorist attack that saw 14 people murdered before law enforcement officers gunned down the husband and wife suspects, which also exposed huge gaps in our nation’s visa screening process.

The threat of terrorism has become a pressing issue for many Americans, as many feel unsafe as a result of …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms