Recently, posted:

Neil Gould wrote:
Recently, Jose posted:

To put it in perspective, suppose all the highways into and out of
DC were blockaded, [...]

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Great analogy. I don't understand why people just don't get the
significantly greater threat that ground-based vehicles pose to our
"security". It's idiotic to be concerned about long-shots such as GA
when there is absolutely nothing done to protect against far greater
and more practical means of doing damage.

I'm calling BS on this. Do you *know* nothing else is being done?

Because insignificant efforts are irrelevant. There is nothing stopping
traffic from travelling through downtown D.C.

You can't drive a good-sized truck right up next to the Capitol or WH.
A truck bomb is very effective but you still need to get close to the
target to do structural damage.

Who cares about the Capitol or WH, besides the cowards that hang out
there? There are a lot of real people in D.C., too.

The gov't sure as hell is monitoring the trade in explosive precursors
since the OK City bombing. Likewise, I strongly suspect there is
monitoring of truck rentals going on, but I can't say that for sure.

Why not rent a truck and find out? UHaul and Ryder are still doing a brisk
business, AFAICT.

Neil