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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 2470990, member: 19250&quot;]Having&nbsp; worked&nbsp; inner-city&nbsp; Baltimore&nbsp; as well as DC I can tell you this.....I&#039;ve&nbsp; never&nbsp; have had an issue! And I do in my line of work travel in and out of Ghetto&nbsp; areas.</p><p>Not it couldn&#039;t&nbsp; happen yes anything&nbsp; is possible. What many don&#039;t&nbsp; know is this.....</p><p>Years ago I worked for the Irish Dairy&nbsp; board .&nbsp; Every June we put on a Christmas&nbsp; show where retailers would come to the Baltimore&nbsp; convention&nbsp; center and look over item items and get deals on just about everything&nbsp; in the food line.</p><p>One year we were setting up the day after the coin show.</p><p>Security&nbsp; was tight all around the center. The back side of the center is guarded and has a gate. No one was allowed in or out without the proper&nbsp; ID.</p><p>As was security&nbsp; in and outside&nbsp; the front&nbsp; of the building was tight.</p><p>I had several run in &#039; s with security&nbsp; as we were trying&nbsp; to get our vendors and products into the center.</p><p>We would rent about 2/3&#039;s of the convention&nbsp; center for the show. We also would rent the ESPN zone on a Monday&nbsp; night&nbsp; from 5 to&nbsp; 10 pm for all you could eat and open bar.</p><p>One must remember&nbsp; when you are in a situation&nbsp; as such the best defense&nbsp; is a good&nbsp; offense . Keeping&nbsp; ones eyes up and open and looking someone&nbsp; in the face as well as speaking often throws that person off&nbsp; guard.</p><p>I truly&nbsp; doubt&nbsp; that with the security&nbsp; that is in place that anything&nbsp; or one would of had issues.</p><p>I also can understand&nbsp; that people comfort&nbsp; level could be</p><p>a concern .</p><p>As far as crime goes there&#039;s&nbsp; no boundaries ,I&#039;ve&nbsp; seen it in high dollar neighborhood&#039;s&nbsp; as well as the streets of any city.</p><p>I truly believe&nbsp; that it is how one carries themselves&nbsp; that makes a difference as far as being a target.</p><p>I always&nbsp; compare it to a person who has a fear of dogs.</p><p>You ever notice how even the friendly dogs can pick up&nbsp; on a person whom is scared?</p><p>In this hobby&nbsp; we all must realize&nbsp; that at any time we could be targeted&nbsp; at home as well at or traveling&nbsp; to a show.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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