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How was the security situation in America and what is it like now?Key: In the past, it was our custom to leave the front door on the latch at night. People didn’t carry keys. The lastone in for the evening would close up. But now, in rural areas as well as in cities, doors do not stay unlocked. Suburban and country areas are even more vulnerable than well-patrolled urban streets. The crime rate is rising dramatically in those allegedly tranquil areas.America is deteriorating from the land of the free into the most insecure nation. List some supporting facts after the one that has been listed belowDoors are not left unlocked either in cities or in rural areas.2) Dead-bolt locks, security chains, electronic alarm systems and trip wires hooked up to a police station or private guard firm;3) Many suburban families have sliding glass doors on their patios, with steel bars elegantly built in;4) On he windows of the most pleasant of homes small notices are pasted announcing that the premises are under surveillance by this security force or that guard company;5) In a medium-size to large-size company, you need an access card, electronic or otherwise, to allow you in and out of it;6) In the airports electronic X-ray equipment were installed to hole the terrorists at bay;7) An increasing number of businessmen are purchasing new machines that hook up to he telephone and analyze the caller’s voice8) Suburban housewives wear rape whistles on their station wagon key chains in case of being raped.How does the writer view the changes in security?1) America has been transformed from the Land of the Free into the Land of the Lock. We have become so used to defending ourselves against the new atmosphere of American life, so used to putting up barriers, that we have had no time to think about what it may mean. 2) All this is being done in the name of “security”. We are fearful, so we devised ways to lock the fear out. We trust no one. We have become so smart about self-protection th