It's been almost twenty years since this happened. How long do we need before we are allowed to make rational decisions instead of emotional ones when it comes

It's been almost twenty years since this happened. How long do we need before we are allowed to make rational decisions instead of emotional ones when it comes to terrorism and the 9/11 attacks? Sure ~5,000 people died in 9/11 and that's awful, but how many people die in car crashes every year? How many people die from smoking, cardiac issues, diabetes, gun violence, drugs, workplace accidents, medication non-adherence etc etc? How many people have died in the wars that we started on the (incorrect) grounds that they would prevent future terrorist attacks? You don't see us going crazy trying to prevent any of these causes of death even though they amount to far more deaths than terrorism ever has or ever will. Please stop fear mongering and look at the data. Just because something is scary and different doesn't mean it's actually a real threat to the United States. It makes absolutely no sense to expend the resources and effort that we do given the scope of the problem.