Terrorism is an utterly demonic form of violence, but is not a significant danger to the American public.

A report issued on May 27 by the Transactional Records Action Clearinghouse (or TRAC) documented that of the more than 800,000 cases filed by the Department of Homeland Security, only 114 involved terrorism or other threats to national security. TRAC spokesman David Burnham says of the Homeland Security department, ?Either there's no terrorism, or they're just terrible at catching them.?

John Mueller, head of national security studies at Ohio State University, observes that ?the number of Americans killed by international terrorism since the late 1960s ... is about the same as the number of Americans killed over the same period by lightning, accident-causing deer or severe allergic reaction to peanuts.?

Between 1995 and 2005, more Americans were fatally shot by law enforcement officers than were killed by terrorism, including the attacks at Oklahoma City and on 9-11.

Though imperfect, these comparisons put the terrorist threat in proper perspective.

Let us stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.