James Lewis, American Thinker [1][sic], is completely blind to the lessons of tragedies like Blacksbug [2] and Mumbai [3]:
It now appears that 10 commando-trained terrorists with Pakistani jihadist training were able to kill at least 172 people and wound almost 300 more in Mumbai, India, over some five days. That suggests major failures among Mumbai’s first responders, notably its armed police. It is likely, though not certain, that such an attack would have been stifled much more quickly in the United States, Israel, and perhaps parts of Europe, Russia and China. Similar terrorist attacks in those countries have been typically less damaging, although there have been cases of successful mass casualty attacks there, too
Mr. Lewis’s counting is amiss. The first line of defence, missing in both Blacksburg and Mumbai is an free and armed citizenry. Terrorists who attack an armed citizenry, do so at there own peril. Say no to an unarmed and unsafe citizenery. Demand the Second Amendment be respected. The life you save could be your own. Remember Pearl [4]. We need heros and not more martyrs.