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Not all deaths are created equal (again)

Via Matt Yglesias, a link to a Cato paper (PDF) that argues that the risks of terrorism are comparable to "lightning, accident-causing deer, or severe allergic reaction to peanuts."

Of course, terrorism is a deliberate, malicious human act that we can do somewhat more to stop than any of these risks. But more people will die in the next year from assault weapons and flu than died on September 11. Both the former causes are cheaper to prevent than terrorist attacks. Unfortunately this President appears incapable of organizing a party in a brewery, let alone anything more complicated, so people will certainly die.