That's what I was thinking, as well. Once the guard is gone, he might as well have never been there.
Again, the verbiage of the Left is utilized, and the point lost.
And the reason why you let the Citizenry arm themselves (otherwise, again, some animals....). At least there’d be no way to know whom or how many; w/out costing a penny.
Why is that so hard to articulate?!