From: S.J. Van Sickle (sjvan@csd.uwm.edu)
Date: Thu Sep 21 2000 - 10:24:06 MDT
On Thu, 21 Sep 2000 hal@finney.org wrote:
> That's a better reason. One problem is that not only government and
> hoodlums, but everyone else, lives constantly in fear of the citizenry.
> I remember when I went into a jewelry store where the proprietor wore
> a sidearm. It was pretty scary knowing he could pull out his gun and
> shoot me dead at any time. I didn't go back.
Do you avoid all establishments with armed security guards? Most shopping
malls have them, and many large buildings. If you do go to such places,
how does the armed individual wearing a rent-a-cop badge make things any
better?
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