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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Buzzdraw" data-source="post: 2837796" data-attributes="member: 385">The chief is likely a solid stand up guy but the Secret Service erred on the side of candidate safety.  The Secret Service has a difficult job to do, which is to keep individuals under their protection alive even when those individuals are out among 10,000's of ordinary citizens.  Candidates have been shot in the past.  Remember Bobby Kennedy being killed in the hotel kitchen after a campaign speech?  The Secret Service doesn't have the time to tightly vet all those who will be in proximity to those under their protection.   I will bet that their fix for this is to simply not allow armed local law enforcement into proximity of protected persons.</blockquote>