Good points

My friends over at Cato, well friends is a little bit of a reach. Much like my friends in high school, I like them but they don't know I exist, but that's a whole nother story. Anyway, John Mueller writes a solid article on "Are we safer?" I don't like to post without comment, but because the article is pretty long, I won't take up more of your time with my own long-winded prose.