# How can anyone defend closing of private property on Federal land?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [October 6, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-anyone-defend-closing-of-private-property-on-federal-land/670534 "2013-10-06T22:26:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-anyone-defend-closing-of-private-property-on-federal-land/670534/32 "2013-10-08T00:57:20Z")

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> [@Bricker](#):
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> Do we?
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> If that’s true, can you explain how [this happened](http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/26/politics/lincoln-memorial-vandalized/index.html)?
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> In other words, if, as you say, we have stepped up our security posture post-911 at the Lincoln Memorial, it doesn’t make sense to me that this woman was able to splash her paint and leave without getting caught, or even caught on video.

Ah yes, the old chestnut that if we don’t have perfect enforcement and protection, we have nothing. Well cowgirl, I guess we should give up entirely and just let the vandals roam free on the range of the entire country. That’s the only other option.

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