What threat? The threat of murder is higher than the threat of terrorism based on the number of people killed in the US each year. Should the police detain EVERYONE on the street in the city and check their IDs so that they have a "more likelihood of stopping the threat" of murder? Perhaps set up checkpoints and roadblocks on all roads leading into and out of all major cities. Is that preferable to "doing nothing"? Or should the police concentrate on the specific threat?
Is there any level of government intrusion into out lives that you wouldn't support? Why is this site called Free Republic and not Secure Republic?
Any bets on how many posts until someone posts "the Constitution is not a suicide pact"?
"What threat?"
Someone is or has boarded mass transit with a bomb and is planning to explode it and kill as many people as possible.
Thats what we are talking about her, I think. If you want to keep trying to convolute everything by throwing in anything and everything, more power to you.
Why didn't you mention how many babies die each year in buckets of water as well? I agree, ID checks won't stop that....