(Associated Press) OMAHA, Neb. - An Amish schoolhouse. A college classroom building, bustling with students and professors. An upscale department store at a mall, decked with holiday trimmings.
In recent years, massacres have occurred in the most benign settings, confronting Americans with a troubling choice: move toward airport-style security in a wide range of public places or fatalistically accept the slim chance that tragedy could strike anywhere in a free society.
Massacres are unlikely events; and Americans must not give up freedoms in order to remain secure. Security is actually an illusion. Just as a lock on a front door will not keep a burglar from entering one's home, neither will security guards and gates keep us safe from random acts of violence in public places.
If we succumb to fear, then we will lose. And, the terrorists, the crazies will win.
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