Gun control ...terrorism.. This week in America.

In a week where the senate shutdown progress on background checks for guns, we were attacked by two terrorists at the Boston marathon.
We are apparently willing to pay the social safety price for defense of the second amendment, exactly as written. It goes without saying that the butchers bill for this is orders of magnitude higher than the terrorism body count, inclusive of acts both foreign and domestic.
So now, the 24 hour news cycle and partisan debate, along with politicians attempting to score political points will whip up the usual fervor of fear and patriotism..and perhaps we will prevent or undermine immigration reform as a result.
Throughout the debate and rhetoric, the recurring question will be, "How can we be sure that nothing like this will ever happen again?" The truthful answer is that we can't. There is a price for a free and open society, and that price is that we can be attacked from within.
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Ben Franklin
If you have the courage to drive a car, cross the street, own a gun..leave your house..take a shower...you are already engaging in behaviors that put you at higher risk than terrorist attacks.
The focus and the fear we generate agonizing over this lessens us and gives strength to those that commit these acts. They are simply criminals, and unworthy of our attention apart from the effort required to remove them from our society.
Our courage and determination to remain a free society in the face of attack is the bulwark to defend and the ground we should stand on together.
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