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Old 04-24-2018, 07:42 AM
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1. Ban rental vans that may appear menacing

2. Background checks to rent

3. Three-day waiting period

I DO NOT want to be insensitive or flippant re this - and actually wondered when hearing this yet-again vehicle mow-down... do our 3 Town Squares have bollards that can slow/stop vehicles? Just checked TV site -live vids of the Squares...NOPE. Never really noticed. Note to TV Security mgt....

I heard on radio news that about 100 people have been killed and many hundreds injured by vehicular attacks as this one in Toronto in the past 5 years or so. (would think it would be higher, but) How many by drunk/sleepy/inattentive(texting) in the USA alone in that period??? MANY times that - but as in anything - like terror, plane or train, fires, you name it - get the media's -and OUR attention.
Well, bollards could be added every 6 feet around the squares, snipers could be located on the roof tops just in case.
Come on, life is a risk every day of our lives. Not every threat (real or not) can be prevented.
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