Paris attacks...Will this be the end of Schengen?

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7. I live in Europe.

Frankly, I - and most Europeans - find the situation here much less scary than it is in the US, where nutcases can carry guns everywhere. The number of US citizens killed in gun violence every month surpasses the tolls in events like this, terrible as they are. Terrorists represent a tiny fraction of humanity here.

While open borders is the norm in the Schengen area, that does not mean that people aren't required to show that they are who they say they are and that they have permission to be here. In fact, ID is required everywhere. If asked to produce your papers, you'd better have them or face some pretty serious consequences.

Yes, this situation is currently dire and should - and will - be taken very seriously. But life here doesn't stop. And throwing the baby out with the bathwater is not the answer.