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Old August 9, 2013, 01:06 PM   #24
spacemanspiff
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the illusion of safety
Precisely. In fact the example I used when talking to the OSHA speaker was about the National Guard being posted around airports post 9/11 with unloaded rifles. The average person felt safer with the presence of a uniformed person securing the premise that appeared to be armed.
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