Yup, I don't disagree with that. But, I have trouble answering the obvious question, 'well, how many lives _does_ it take before something is done?'. Is there any way to quantify this kind of thing?
We hear on TV etc people saying "If this draconian measure saves the life of one innocent child its worth the loss of my right to walk in the park, or whatever". This is clearly shit, but can people suggest a sensible measure of when new legistlation is justified?
No amount of deaths are adequate cause for suspending the constitutional rights of our citizens. If the Feds can't adequately protect our citizens from criminal activities w/o trampling on our rights then its time for us to reorganize into different geo-political structures which may. Once solutions offered from D.C. include suspension of our civil rights its time to put allt he options on the table, including considering the abandonment of the entire compact. --Steve