I saw film of that incident. A rare, and I might add, very fortunate man Commissioner Jalbert was (is?).

I've seen elephants run amok. I've been bitten by dogs more than a couple of times by the "dog who would never bite anyone". Police officers sometimes go crazy and kill some one. There have been fist fights on the floors of Congress. More than a few duels have been fought to the death by politicians here in these United States. Presidents are assassinated. Fathers or mothers sometimes go nuts and murder their whole families.

IT'S NOT A PERFECT WORLD. Be aware. Be alert. Have plans A, B and C and maybe D, E, and F too. If you can't afford a bodyguard 24/7 you've got to do it yourself. Granted, these are rare events. But even so, in a nation of 300 million people plus a few million who have no right to be here, you are going to here of these horrible events at alarming intervals: Stockton, Columbine and now Virginia Tech as well as many other lesser known events.

Bill D, if you are cruising this thread, you are so wrong about the ease with which one can make a very effective bomb and they can be much easier to conceal than a handgun. I don't believe you have to be very imaginative to figure out a pipe bomb from household materials. I really don't want to say much about it because it could give some nut case a big idea and that's the last thing we need. The point is that no law ever stopped a determined person from having a lethal weapon. A stick, a knife, a board with a nail in it. A prisoner in San Quentin made a fully functional semi-automatic handgun from little bits of pipe, springs and metal scraps he scavenged. The outlaw will always find a way to arm himself. If you want to be a victim, well, OK, that's your choice. Please leave me free to make my own choice on the matter.