“the American people will begin to cry out for more government protection”
Don’t think so. If anything they’ll demand that the borders get closed and will take matter in their own hands if the govt does nothing about it.
Then you have more faith in the American people than I do. We are becoming a society of people who want the government to take care of their every need. Sure, there are those of us who just want to be left alone but as evidenced by the last election, we are becoming outnumbered.