“[I]f there’s a lesson to be gleaned from the [Mumbai] India massacre, it’s that individuals ultimately are responsible for their personal safety. India has strict gun control laws that make it virtually impossible for private citizens to arm themselves, so they rely on armed professionals to protect them. However, there were reports from Mumbai that policemen at the train station failed to use their weapons to stop the terrorists as they gunned down innocents. How many innocent lives could have been saved had the terrorists immediately faced return fire from an armed populace? Maybe that’s why no one has attempted such an attack on U.S. soil. They know that many Americans would shoot back.” (12/03/08)