What Do We Do?

We've got to give a little love.
Have a little hope
Make this world a little better...
Try a little more,
harder than before,
let's do what we can do, together...

First, start an inquiry on why the FBI closed theirs, on Omar "Mateen".
Second, look into his father and what he's been broadcasting.
Third, ask respectful questions about whether -- in retrospect -- we need our SWAT teams to be capable of responding more quickly than 3 hours between threat identified and BearCat through the wall..
Fourth, listen to Donald Trump about profiling and political correctness.  There are stories out now about how people -- co-workers, wives -- identified this man as a potential threat, enough to get him interviewed by the FBI.  Did the surveillance stop because he was Muslim, and it was thought to be politically incorrect if he was a true innocent?  I'm not saying harass suspected Muslims, but when he purchased those guns ... shouldn't that have triggered FBI follow-up?  Immediate FBI follow-up?

Like with the 9-11 warnings that went unheeded, it sounds like too many government agencies are incapable of acting in real time.  We've got to improve the performances of people getting paychecks to provide national security.  It's not the guns; it's what we do with credible information and who we target for surveillance.

If we want to preserve everyone's American freedoms, we need to be smarter about profiling and assessing true threats and dangers.  Otherwise, it's just performance art, and pretty words and promises (and paychecks!) for post-tragedy work.