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Why do intruders not simply cut barbed wire fences to get in?
Jayrusalem
Barbed wire isn't made to keep intruders like people out. Its mainly designed to keep livestock in. If an intruder wanted to bypass the wire, he could just lift up on a strand and step through.
(clarification from original asker:) While this maybe true when used in a ranching framework, barbed wire is certainly used for national borders in some places, buildings, and other non-rural areas. Sometimes, it may be electrified. But when it's not, it seems that it'd be fairly easy to use an easy-to-buy-and-carry wire cutter.
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