So,do they serve a purpose in reducing physical pain?

VOA: special.2009.08.18

Ending a 15-year ban, a new state law allows concealed weapons permit holders to carry guns into restaurants that serve alcohol, as long as they do not drink.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

"A tremendous number of villagers live in fear, and we have officials who either can not or do not serve their people effectively, and violence is up, and it is not up only because there are more coalition forces, it is up because the insurgency has grown,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.01