It is very puzzling to me why so many Americans identify foreign based terrorism as their number one fear, while domestic gang warfare, violent criminals and deranged mostly white male lone wolfs, are actually a far far greater danger. Only a handful of Americans die each year from terrorism. While much has been made of Europe's recent horrible terrorism, the sad fact is you are many times more likely to be violently killed in the US than Europe, and foreign based terrorism while sensational, has next to nothing to do with it. Drugs, a poorly run mental health system, a failing criminal justice system, and easy access to ever more dangerous firearms all contribute to Americas poor record. What the guns do is make confrontations potentially much deadlier, and deadlier guns can seriously increase the body counts. While murder rates are generally down in most of the US (still to high), mass shooting are up. We can do better.