They are talking about 80+ dead

[Kurska]

That would make this the single deadliest attack committed by a single individual in the history of the western world.

[metroins]

1. Yea

Now what do we do about it?

I don't have the solution.

[cigsandcoffee]

2. And all he needed was a truck. n/t

[Purveyor]

3. Pretty hard to prevent something like this from happening... eom

[Javaman]

18. not really...

At large events, at least here in the states, the areas for people to gather at such events like this, roads are cordoned off and blocked with dump trucks full of rocks.

This way trucks such as the one used in France can't gain easy access to area.

I've seen it this tactic deployed several times.

[onehandle]

4. He was firing guns as well.

Guns being the new and old symbol of terrorism.

[Marengo]

5. Car bomb in Baghdad killed over 200 earlier this month.

[onehandle]

6. Guns killed 10s of thousands in the U.S. in months. nt

[Joe the Revelator]

7. Heart Disease Kills 610,000 people a year in the US

[onehandle]

8. Agreed. Let's combat both. nt

[Marengo]

10. In terrorist attacks?

[onehandle]

11. Yes. nt

[Marengo]

19. I suggest a remedial math course.

[JonathanRackham]

15. Guns don't kill anyone.

It's the humans.

[NutmegYankee]

9. Oklahoma City bombing was higher.

[spanone]

13. 168 dead....timothy mcveigh

[Kurska]

16. That wasn't a lone attacker

He got help with the bomb from two other individuals, though it is likely this person also receive assistance, so who knows.

[alcibiades_mystery]

12. Nudged out white supremecist Anders Brevik

[Warren DeMontague]

14. Ugh.

[PufPuf23]

17. Best not to make casualties a contest.

The idea of the single individual is fuzzy.

Recall Truman OKed the dropping of two atomic bombs.

Various POTUS have OKed military actions with more casualties since.

Wars maybe are never OK for common people.

There is a "war' in progress, maybe not a war specifically against militant Islam, but a war against some people nonetheless.