The Pantex officials were quick to secure the massive nuclear weapons complex, determine who the folks were and why they were in the area before resuming normal business operations.

Here’s my thought: Good on ’em, the Pantex staff, that is.

When you’re dealing with nukes, any sign of anyone carrying a weapon of any kind is cause for potential alarm. You shut the place down immediately and ascertain the facts quickly.

Or, as Mark Haslett at High Plains Public Radio said today while preparing a newscast on the topic, “It’s better in this case to always err on the side of hysteria.”

Amen to that, Brother Haslett.