# Bomb threats and evacuations **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 3, 2024, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-threats-and-evacuations/999774 "2024-04-03T10:44:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-threats-and-evacuations/999774/5 "2024-04-03T12:57:27Z")
There’s still time to the solution proposed in this infamous SDMB post: > [@Should responding to a bomb threat be illegal by federal law?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-responding-to-a-bomb-threat-be-illegal-by-federal-law/710819): > > It has occurred to me that the disruptions caused by bomb threats - aircraft put out of service, entire buildings evacuated and hours of time wasted - cause more lost human lifespan and money than bombings themselves. So I have the following solution. By federal law (trumping state law), it is \*illegal \*to respond to a bomb threat unless the caller identifies themselves in a unique way as an individual who has already committed a bombing. In the IRA days, the IRA would sometimes call in their… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-threats-and-evacuations/999774)._