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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
perhaps. but isn't the perception nearly as important as the facts? If a sizable portion of citizens believe that they are no longer as safe engaging in activities that previously they could do, does that not have a chilling effect (not just in the legal sense) on one's liberty
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Certainly, but then you end up leveling the blame on the hysterical alarmists who keep yelling about a loss of freedom.