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One of my dad's first duties as a fresh 1st Lt. in the Air Force was he was in charge of every single piece of classified paperwork the base had. If someone had it checked out, he had to know who and where it was. He worked in a concrete box with a bank vault like front door, and an armed guard inside and outside. When he was bringing a classified document to some officer somewhere he had to wear a 1911 on his hip. He often talked about how happy he was to get that heavy hunk of steel off of his hip at the end of the day.
He was on a secure base, in the USA, yet to carry a document across the base, he had to carry a weapon. He ended up buying his first pistol in 1960. A S&W 9 mm made just before the big fire at the factory. He never carried it that I know of, just had it in the closet in the master bedroom and it was 100% off limits to touch. And no I never dared touch it.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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