Do you fly often? We lost that battle years ago. When was the metal detector introduced to airports? Schools?
If all of us were walking around armed, not only would terrorism cease to be a threat, but crime would go down as well. 9/11 wouldn't have happened if a passenger or flight attendant popped a cap on the hijackers. It might have caused a plane to go down, but they'd not have made it to the WTC.
But you're right...we lost that war a long time ago.
""How many freedoms must we give up to terrorists before we are safe?"
Do you fly often? We lost that battle years ago. When was the metal detector introduced to airports? Schools?"
I think part of the problem/confusion, is that we don't explicitly realize that we are in the middle of a war. Probably because it is not as much of a burden on civilians as previous wars were. During wartime, all sorts of rights have been curtailed. Historically speaking, all these annoyances (metal detectors, extra surveillance, etc.) are to be expected!