"Painting this trend as anything but dangerous to the individuals most at risk of exploitation -- travelers crossing our borders and everyone they're connected

"Painting this trend as anything but dangerous to the individuals most at risk of exploitation -- travelers crossing our borders and everyone they're connected to -- is so flagrantly irresponsible it's inevitable that we're going to learn a painful lesson the hard way." Reads like FUD. Guns fit this "can be dangerous and we'll learn, eventually." narrative as well. These are the costs of doing business in the US. You put up with them because they aren't good or bad, but reliant on the inherent good of the people to stay firmly in the good column. I believe in that.