Another view of the Boston bombing

I thought the exact same thing when the news announced that cops were searching every house in a 2 sq mile area. First how do you lose a wounded man on foot and then what gives you the authority to bust into 30,000 homes? Sure he was a bomber but do the cops GT to do this every time a gang bang shoots three people? ( oh yeah NYC does warrant less searches all the time and no one cares).

Also, how pathetic is it that the cops fire a reported 60 rounds at ONE guy and only get one or two hits? They figured he had more bombs so why spray bullets all over?

My question is "How many rounds did the LEOs fire, and how many hits were there? Law enforcement seems a little weak on 5. Always Be Sure Of Your Target and What Is Beyond It.

Excellent theme and so true. The old ideals of public participation - such as the "Hue and Cry" have been buried under a mass of "professionalization" and permitting off most human activities - even people giving shampoos at hairdressers are licensed now-a-days - why not guns?
In the matter of policing, the gradual professionalization and lately the militarization is simply a continuation of a "leave it to the pros" attitude extant today for many activities of all sorts. The fact that they might do much better with some aid from the public, with local knowledge, is arrogantly ignored.

The sight of the entire Boston area, cowering in their homes, while various "pros" from local to international, rummage around, messing with everybody except the perp, shows this clearly.

Ironically enough, this also demonstrates another reason the Founding Fathers wanted an effective Militia that's often forgotten.
I refer to the idea of "domestic tranquility" in that they could keep order and fend off any cabal or coup by an undemocratic minority, or in modern parlance - terrorism.
Something of this sort was extensively utilized during WWII with CD Wardens, Civil Air Patrols etc. and, more recently, a call-out of the NY State Guard during the 911 crisis, demonstrating once again that these grass-roots organizations still serve a useful purpose.

Once again, we must stand in awe of those paragons of wisdom.

Between the non-existent muzzle discipline by excited LEOs I've seen on videos and the panicked spray and pray shootouts, I think they should issue anti-anxiety meds to cops to be used when they prepare for a situation like this.

I would also observe that the real public safety benefit to the "lockdown" is that you didn't have freaked out LEOs shooting up random vehicles like we saw during the Dorner hunt.

I also feel the same way as Karl.

There are so many things wrong here. Seeing what happened in Boston confirmed that not only is our country a Police State, it is starting to parallel Orwell's 1984.

I am ashamed to be part of a country that willingly begs and applauds the police state as it tramples our liberties and enslaves us. Our countrymen are willingly licking the jack-boot. The majority of us have practically lined up to goose-step.

There is an obvious issue with an FBI connection to these two boys. This is some kind of botched operation that we will never find out about.

There is only two reasons for what happened to happen the way it did. The FBI was aware of the activities, as the mother has said, of the older brother for 3 - 5 years. And secondly, the FBI allowed things to come to fruition for whatever perverted reason it saw fit.

Mainstream America neither questions the "facts" of this event as they happened, nor can use any logical semblance of critical reasoning to see that they are being purposefully lied to in order to create fear so that those that wish to make a power grab can do so.

In short, mainstream Americans are easily manipulated by irrational fear mongering.

I looked at the events surrounding the Boston Marathon and was overwhelmed with sorrow at where our country is currently at and where it is headed. The overwhelming majority of the country thinks it cannot happen here, just like the Germans during WWII.

Illegal marshal law didn't catch the criminals. Gun control didn't prevent them from acquiring firearms, nor explosives. The government failed to stop an act of murder on someone they've been monitoring for a number of years.

This was a massive, expensive, unbelievable, worthless categorical failure by law enforcement and a huge blow to liberty that people are welcoming with open arms and applause.