It is a conundrum, stevio.
A terrible one.
We are on the road to ruin, disaster, and strife on a scale the world has never seen before, not just here in the USA, but in the entire world.
To me, the answer must be less control on people, not more control.
I have to think on that a bit, but I feel that narrowing the freedoms of people to try to obtain safety and security, will, like a person desperately clutching harder and harder at someone they wish to return their love, be more likely to drive them away.
In the same vein, clutching desperately at safety and security by imprisoning the rights and freedoms of people will only drive us more swiftly into open conflict.
Perhaps, at this point, there is no way to avoid it. There are days when I feel that deeply.
Step 1: Return to God.