"Dennis O'Connor" wrote in message ...
All of this is an illusion... No amount of badges, fences, lights, signs,
whatever, will stop someone who is willing to die for his 'cause'...
.... To have a free society you must accept that freedom
contains risks, and from time to time the tree of liberty will be watered
with the blood of it's patriots... I am willing to take the risks of freedom
in order to be free... I am not willing to watch my country become a Gulag,
so that the neurotic who are willing to sell my freedoms in order to assuage
their insecurity, may feel safe...

Wow! Well said, Dennis.

Brought a tear to my eye. If you ever bring Fat Albert
near the Gateway Arch, I'll buy you a brew on the
strength of it.

Now, being pragmatic -- I think it's reasonable to take
"reasonable" precautions, just as I lock the doors of
my house and my car and my hangar and my plane.

But part of what makes a precaution "reasonable", is
giving careful thought to what threat one is trying
to deter, how probable that threat is, how effective
a deterrant is likely to be, and what impact it will
have on legitimate users.

I just don't see that happening.

Cheers,
Sydney