One would think one would wish to keep matters in perspective. But perspective is the last thing a special pleader wants. She tries to assert that the handful of crimes committed during a 10 year period constitutes a campaign of domestic terrorism. Take, for example, seven killings during a 10 year period. Homicides in the United States run on average from 18,000 to 22,000 per year.
Abortionists certainly run no greater risk of getting whacked than normal people do.
In other words, violence directed at abortion clinics is greatly exaggerated. It amounts to a mere pittance in the annual toll of criminal behavior in our diverse, multicultural paradise. Well, so was the Holocaust. In fact, if a guard at a death camp killed an inmate on his own, he was subject to court-martial and punishment. You see, whatever the Nazis wanted to do, they authorized it by passing laws.