Securing our lives

My Views on Security,

I think we all remember the husband and wife in California that was involved in killing several people in a bar and at that time I remember the commentator asking if anything could have prevented it as the person was seemingly a non violent person with no outward signs of conflicting views of the general way of American life.

We later found that he was quite possibly radicalized by his wife and wanted to kill as many "infidels" as he could in the name of his belief system.

It is troubling to say the least, that Americans can't live in our homeland without people of another belief system feel they have to come here and bring fear and death to us.

I'm sure they feel they are getting back at us for the killing they feel we are performing on the various parts of the Middle East that we have tried to help in our way of thinking [right or wrong], and that should probably be fodder for another post. 

Anyway, back to the subject of could this be averted ?   Short answer=  YES

It's sad but I believe that all establishments that serve alcohol or anywhere that diverse people congregate where there is a feeling that security needs to be present, there should be a metal detector at the door to at least scan for metal weapons. This won't stop the most determined of the bad guys but in the California case he would have known from casing the place that he would not be able to get in the front door, therefore would have most likely picked another target.

Unfortunately,at this point, that is about all we can hope for, securing our own until we can come up with better ways to vet foreign individuals and U S citizens with views of destroying our heritage that other brave individuals [our servicemen and women] have fought and died for, and arrest, detain and deport or incarcerate them. 

In the mean time we should all stay vigilant of our surroundings when in public, put down the phone and be aware of the people around you. If you look like you are paying attention a would be mugger or purse snatcher will think twice about approaching you and hopefully you will have a blessed day. 

As always, Your comments are welcome and solicited,  Darrell