On 9/11 we lost a bit over 3,000 people in 2009 we lost 10,224 due to gun murder [View all]

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One changed the world, the other, changed nothing. Flying used to be a fairly easy thing to do. You could show up at about the last minute, check luggage, walk through a metal detector, have your family see you off, and fly away. Now you need id, you need a paid ticket to get to the place people fly from, you have to get a full body scan, and the line takes forever. You can't ship money without telling the government anymore, thanks to 9/11. Our phones are much more easily tapped, thanks to 9/11. You can't take nail clippers on a plane, thanks to 9/11. In many ways, big and small, life has changed thanks to 9/11. In response to the over 3 times as many people who died in 2009, we can carry guns in federal parks. Incidentally, with all the changes that happened thanks to 9/11, including a no fly list, we saw no change in gun laws. You can be on the no fly list, ie so unsafe you can't be on a plane, but still get a gun. I think we over reacted to 9/11 but I also think we way under react to shooting carnage.