Bus hijacked in N. Carolina, where's the TSA?

The bus hijacker is now in custody. That's good news. Your point is valid, of course, but I don't know where to draw the line because tax payers will foot the bill for all of this security. To the extent that we now live in fear, I believe the 9/11 terrorists won the war. We now have a taste of real world life as we travel our highways and by-ways. I'm not even sure a person is safe from terrorism while driving their Prius. I'm remembering the gas station shooting victims in the DC/Virginia area so many years ago.

How should our government keep us safe? We can't become isolationists as that would probably not be good. I hope we don't put out a military presence amongst our citizens. I hope we don't encourage "police states" within our cities. I just don't know what the solution is.

I do know one thing. I wish Congress would ban the consumer sale of guns, rifles, ammunition, etc. Maybe heavily tax those items much like alcohol and tobacco. Sales of those weapons should be controlled by state/federal sources. If implemented, I don't think it will stop violence, but could at least make it very, very difficult to buy weapons.

But for now, it's very evident that us citizens must keep our senses alert and be on guard for our well-being.

 

If you are willing to pay for it, then by all means push for it, its just a question of money, thus the problem, the correct way to fix things is to spend the right kind of money on the right way, what usually happens, is that the wrong money is spent on the cheapest way possible.

 

The "isolationist" red herring is a classic. That particular flavor of propaganda was lkely created by the same interests that brought us the Hart-Cellar Act. And look at how far our nation has come since the 1960s. Our families are stronger, communities more cohesive, schools safer, language cleaner, "face of our nation" much more recognizable....etc...among other things. Right?

I am thinking that quite a lot of what the last couple of generations were being shoveled is exactly what our instincts tell us it is. And it ain't "progress".

 

LoL! To liberals the solution for every problem is to throw money at it.

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Within the country? No. At the border? Absolutely. Used to be, I could walk up to the counter, buy a ticket, and get on the train. I could just wander around taking pictures, without even having a ticket. Now, the ticket has to be purchased in advance, and I need my passport just to pick it up. There are armed guards, drug-sniffing dogs, scanners and xrays, a long list of prohibited items (including many that may have originated in the US), and the train is completely fenced off from the rest of the yard. (Mexican drug catapults would be useless. ) At the border crossing, the train stops for more US agents, and your belongings and person are subject to search and seizure. I realise your question pertained more to domestic travel, but the fact is, trains and automobiles are treated pretty much the same as planes. Not that anyone could fly their car into a building....

 

WRONG AGAIN!

 

And those aren't even flying cars.

OK, how about trains that fly into buildings? Have you got any pictures of those?

 

They were when they hit the building. :nod:

Flying trains, sure . . .

it's only a matter of time.