In a previous article, acepilot@bloomerdotnet said:
to take away our freedoms. I don't need the government to protect
me...I can use my own guns to wipe out terrorists...

An IRA car bomb killed some friends of mine in a public market in
Warrington UK. An airliner killed a friend of mine while she was sitting
in a meeting with half of our customers in WTC 01. How exactly would your
own guns help in either of those cases? (Other than shooting me, because
obviously I'm an unlucky person to be friends with.)

In other words, while I don't think the current government can protect us
from terrorists, I don't believe you can protect yourself either.
Fortunately, terrorists aren't anywhere near as big a threat as the
government and their buddies in the media would like you to believe.

--
Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/
....would you work for a company that couldn't tell the difference in
quality of its employees' normal work product and the work product of
someone on drugs without performing a test? -- socks