Recently, there have been many crimes that have put our nation in a state of fear. School and work shootings, the 09/11/01 terrorists attacks, recent sniper shootings, and highly publicized kidnappings have had such a large impact on us that one is almost forced to feel that increased security is a necessity. How much security can be enforced before the risk of stepping on someone’s liberties becomes the new problem? If we do tighten security, …showed first 75 words of 714 total…

…showed last 75 words of 714 total…our lives in such a constant fear that we tend to forget our most basic freedoms in an attempt to keep our loved ones and ourselves safe. We need to, as a nation, not forget that our freedom is the foundation of our country, realize that there will be others that will try to take those liberties away from us, and stand firm for our freedom or we will lose our identity as a nation.