[ETL]

From a distance, the person who might be assessing whether a person in a costume is a threat or not, has time to observe closely before deciding how to proceed.

Not so much if the person in the costume is near or within shooting range of other people.

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

You are being ridiculous and hyperbolic. You have lost all sense of what is an acceptable response to someone in a costume.

“But, but, but... someone in a costume could shoot up a school!”

So? Students with backpacks have shot up schools. Do we call the cops because you don’t know if a student with a backpack has a gun?

The proper response if you see someone who shouldn’t be there is to talk to the person and tell them to “move along”. That is what civilized society has agreed upon.

To be so gripped by irrational fear that law enforcement must be called as the FIRST action shows there is a lack of judgment and leadership.

[MrEdd]

If someone with a weapon is contemplating shooting someone else in a group of who is wearing a costume merely because they appear to be armed, then they don’t have a problem. They are a problem.

And Bloomberg has employment for them, as they are fellow travelers.