[alpowolf]

Those who know me know that I am an uncompromising libertarian who won't hesitate to attack the govt if I think it warranted. In this case, I don't.

You need to realise that the President is not omnipotent and cannot prevent every calamity. It is tempting to you fans of big govt to say that if the govt would only buckle down and spend lots of money these attacks could be prevented. Real life doesn't work that way.

Our country has this strange idea that everything can and must be "prevented". Wrong! This is the mindset that drives liberal fantasies like gun control. You should drop it like a hot rock.

We should learn from the heroes on that airliner. Whether guns on board a plane is a good idea or not (I understand the problems of firing in a pressurized compartment but in a case like this it hardly seems to matter), the important thing is the will to fight. I think that is the real damage caused by gun control: most people I encounter are horrified by the thought of fighting for themselves. Surveys show that gun owners are more ready to go the aid of those under attack. I think this is because they are accustomed to the idea of fighting.

[ehat]

We are all angry as hell, but let's not try to stir ourselves and others in xenophobic and racist anger. It might feel good to generalize after what happened, but it would just be stooping to their level. Anger always follows shock, and this is to be expected. But let me be one to warn us all against becoming obsessed with hating a whole culture based on the actions of a minority of them.

God bless.