The unarmed guard is supposed to confront young Thuggus Maximus, and tell him “Cut it out with the thuggery, or .... or ..... or .... I’ll have to tell you to cut it out again!”
Wouldn’t you love to be small business person with a kiosk at that mall? You could ask one of the UNARMED mall guards to walk you to your car (parked at the outer edge of the lot so as not to take up shopper’s parking spaces in the busiest season) at 10pm with your bank deposit bag. I would certainly feel safe, wouldn’t you? Secure that an UNARMED mall guard could protect me and my hard earned $ from an ARMED “Thuggus Maximus” or 3.