[Yo-Yo]

Seattle’s downtown is now considered so dangerous that King County employees will be escorted by security guards to buses, trains and ferries as part of a new program. Private sector workers won't have such option.

If only there were a way whereby ordinary private sector workers could protect themselves...

Hmm, what could that possibly be? The Second Amendment, perhaps? Surely you can't be serious.

[The Antiyuppie]

“f only there were a way whereby ordinary private sector workers could protect themselves...”

Certainly, I am ok with your option, but I really don’t want to spend dozens and dozens of hours in training before I would feel comfortable with that. Then there’s the expense and inconvenience. How about police that aren’t afraid to do their job and a justice system that locks criminals up for a good while so that criminals, not law abiding citizens, are afraid to walk down the street? We are paying A LOT for these “government services” anyway…