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Praying for the family of Stephen Tyrone Johns. Him and the other Security Officers at the museum prevented a bloodbath.
1 posted on 06/10/2009 7:08:07 PM PDT by appleseed
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To: appleseed
We tend to lump all security guards together.

What do you mean, "we", white Lib?

2 posted on 06/10/2009 7:10:46 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. -- Texas Eagle)
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To: appleseed
As a security company executive and former guard, I appreciate your posting this. Paul Blart: Mall Cop touched on this, for all the forced humor.
3 posted on 06/10/2009 7:11:34 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet ("The unarmed man is not just defenseless - he is also contemptible." Machiavelli)
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To: appleseed

Amen. Very true. My heart goes out to him and his family. Who knows how many that evil vile man could’ve killed. He very conveniently did it at his advanced age b/c he knew it would be no sacrifice to die or even go to prison - how long will he live? Scum.


4 posted on 06/10/2009 7:12:51 PM PDT by Paved Paradise
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To: appleseed

A shooting in a gun free zone. Who woulda thunk it?


5 posted on 06/10/2009 7:14:24 PM PDT by Shooter 2.5 (NRA /Patron - TSRA- IDPA)
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To: appleseed
A Terrible Reminder That an Often Thankless Job Can Also Be Dangerous

Dear Washington Post: Sometimes being a citizen can also be dangerous, but somehow you think it's ok for security guards to be armed but not citizens. Why is that?

7 posted on 06/10/2009 7:18:03 PM PDT by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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To: appleseed
If it had been a black man who killed the security guard - they'd be NO STORY. What's being pushed is hatred for right wingers.

If we were Jews it would be seen for what it is... ( Think was it would be like if every time a Jew committed a crime - no matter how rare - that the press highlighted it. It would be Hitler's Germany. )

Liberals are the haters.

8 posted on 06/10/2009 7:20:51 PM PDT by GOPJ (Nobel Prizes & Pulitzers, now only monuments to left wing bias - shame recipients.)
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To: appleseed

How did you get a copy of tomorrow’s Washington Post?


9 posted on 06/10/2009 7:50:20 PM PDT by lolhelp
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To: appleseed

The problem I have with the term “security officer” is that ‘officer’ generally implies working in a governmental capacity (police, military), though there are CFOs & CEOs and such, but they too have the responsibility/accountability of an official position within their organization.

IOW, these security people may tend to think that they are/know the law. I brought a black plastic sparring sword with me to the local tea party and was told by security that I shouldn’t bring it (and heavily implied wouldn’t be allowed) and needed to go put it back in my car. Now, there are several things that should be noted here:
1 — The tea party was taking place in a city-park outside the city library; obviously a public place.
2 — My state is an open carry state, its Constitution prohibits any county or municipality from restricting even firearms.
2b — That same right to keep and bear arms INCLUDES the phrase “and all legal purposes”, ie even the right to peaceably assemble.
3 — It was, technically speaking, not a weapon.
The security guy argued that “it looks like a weapon” and “we’re right across the street from a police station.”


11 posted on 06/10/2009 8:54:04 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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