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IF ATTACKED, DON'T RESIST. CALL 911. [9/11/01]
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by Mark Andrew Dwyer
A national tragedy. Thousands killed. Millions watched with disbelief the breaking news on that day 9-11-2001 as the World Trade Center Towers, the symbol of America's might, hit by two passenger aircraft collapsed in front of their eyes.
Something went terribly wrong. Despite all the draconian safety measures at commercial airports and years of "zero-tolerance" anti-terrorist policy to protect American public from vicious attacks, a group of fanatics managed to hijack four jetliners and apparently had no trouble in using three of them as guided missiles in their suicidal mission
against the targets of their choice in the very heart of American Empire.
Or was it despite these safety measures?
One can only imagine the astonishment of the horrified passengers of the hijacked planes. They did follow the FAA mandated rules that were supposed to guarantee their safety. They left at home whatever means of personal protection they might have and trusted their lives to professional skills of airport security personnel. Armed with cellular telephones and false sense of safety in a gun-free vessel flying over the most civilized country of the 21-st century, they must have been caught by a complete surprise when they saw the terrorists bluntly stabbing the crew and taking over control of the aircraft. Perhaps they remembered the idiotic advice often given by some law enforcement officials - one of them even managed to call 911. The help did not arrive, though. So, 60+ people, many of them young men capable of subduing their predators, watched helplessly as they were flown into deadly encounter with some of the finest artifacts of our civilization.
One's safety, like one's freedom, is too serious a matter to be left to professionals. The idea that not resisting an aggression is the best survival strategy is as idiotic as it is dangerous. It is not a coincidence that terrorists of all trades consistently steer clear from places where law abiding citizens may defend themselves with deadly weapons, while not showing much respect for gun-free zones. Although school shootings, church massacres, airplane hijackings, just to name a few, make headline news on a regular basis, any of these horror stories still remain to be seen in places like gun shows and rifle ranges.
Today's world is a dangerous place to live. Those who call for disarming the American public when a call to arms is very much in order are equally responsible for the lost lives of the victims of terror as those who sponsor and harbor the terrorists. It's time for Americans to see the disastrous consequences of "gun control". The tragedies like the destruction of the World Trade Center Towers don't happen despite the constant struggle of some of our elected officials to keep firearms away from The People. They happen because of it. |
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