Saturday April 4, 2009

I've Been Thinking:

The shooting spree in Binghamton, NY that took so may lives was an unfortunate reality of today America's.
This shooting spree was an act of terror.

Islamic terror is the form we have become most familiar with but terror comes in many forms. This was not Islamic terror, but it was certainly real terror.
This was the type of personal, touching, terror most likely to strike cities like Binghamton, NY.

It is what we call "lone wolf" terror.
The gunman struck out at a visible symbol, a symbol that touched him personally, the gunman had been employeed and was recently let go.

It is almost impossible to anticipate the actions of a lone wolf.
That does not mean that we cannot protect ourselves.
Despite their anger, the lone wolf is easily discourage by security and will quickly choose another target.

We protect ourselves by better protecting our schools, places of worship, agencies and businesses.
Protection wards off the lone wolf forcing the attacker to be find another target.

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