Why I'm not afraid for my personal safety

Islamic terrorists often attack primarily to create fear. However, the risks of dying in ordinary crimes or accidents -- being run over by a car, killed in the traffic accident while driving, or even being murdered -- are historically much higher than those of being killed in a terrorist act. About 15,000 people were murdered last year in the United States, and the 10-year national average for murders is around 20,000 people per year, compared to the 2,800 who died in the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks. In 2001, the risk of death from terrorism was less than one-fourth that of being murdered, and far smaller than the risk of being involved in a fatal car accident. I'm not sure that's necessarily a reason to reduce our responsiveness to terrorism, but we should certainly be wary of enacting drastic new domestic policies.
This approach really makes happyfunpundit angry, though.