Comment by BoxFour

This is an odd thing to say given the events of the past few days and even last couple years:

“Nor 1960's America, where Mr. Oswald could buy a rifle and 4X scope by mail order, then get a job in a convenient book depository”

Your broader argument still holds that those in power often don’t tend to view isolated threats from the public as truly existential threats (until they do, like we just saw in Nepal).

But it’s a bit hard to agree that even in America things are truly that much different.