Travis_0004
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Wed Feb-10-10 03:49 PM
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| 14. Should security have done something: Yes |
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Security should have did something, even if they are not required to. Should we rely on anybody else to protect us: No.
If I was one of those security officers, I would have fought back, although doing so might cost them their job. I'm a college student, If I had a wife and family to support, then I may have been less likely to risk my job (or health).
I think a person with a gun could have stopped this situation immediately (without firing a shot). I would assume this location was almost certainly banning concealed weapons, which made it much safer for the criminals.
Why didn't the women the news interviewed do something? She could have fought back. I think an adult women would have been out numbered against 10 teenagers, but so would 3 security guards.
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| -For those of you that think, Security guards and such, will protect you.. |
virginia mountainman |
Feb-10-10 02:24 PM |
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I'm going to have to rethink my reliance on security guards. |
RUMMYisFROSTED |
Feb-10-10 02:27 PM |
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Therefore, we should all carry. Even teenagers. Right? |
Dogmudgeon |
Feb-10-10 02:27 PM |
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"no such thing as risk-free existence" - absolutely false!!1! |
Tejas |
Feb-10-10 02:36 PM |
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No, not everybody should carry. No gun supporter here that I can remember... |
spin |
Feb-10-10 04:29 PM |
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Please, cite? n/t |
PavePusher |
Feb-10-10 05:07 PM |
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Uh ... okay |
Dogmudgeon |
Feb-10-10 09:44 PM |
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Umm, I meant a cite to where anyone claims that everyone, including children, should have guns. |
PavePusher |
Feb-11-10 12:28 PM |
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The ONLY people who say such things.. |
virginia mountainman |
Feb-10-10 07:41 PM |
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Who has said/advocated this? Please cite names/organizations. nt |
SteveM |
Feb-10-10 11:15 PM |
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Observe and Report |
Glassunion |
Feb-10-10 02:52 PM |
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OK |
Old Codger |
Feb-10-10 02:59 PM |
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Don't get me wrong... |
Glassunion |
Feb-10-10 03:11 PM |
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I agree |
Old Codger |
Feb-10-10 03:32 PM |
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The security guards emboldened the beating. (typo fixed) |
rrneck |
Feb-10-10 02:55 PM |
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No they did not |
Glassunion |
Feb-10-10 03:09 PM |
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You're right. |
rrneck |
Feb-10-10 03:41 PM |
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LOL!!! |
eqfan592 |
Feb-10-10 09:51 PM |
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I'll bet the guards would be fired for getting involved. |
Tim01 |
Feb-10-10 03:37 PM |
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That is true, I remember reading about... |
pneutin |
Feb-10-10 05:59 PM |
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I'll take being fired... |
PavePusher |
Feb-11-10 12:33 PM |
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The only good security guards are Xe |
Gman2 |
Feb-10-10 03:43 PM |
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I'll bet Xe would be told to get involved. |
Tim01 |
Feb-10-10 10:36 PM |
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They'd be told to protect their client. |
jeepnstein |
Feb-11-10 01:15 PM |
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Burglar alarm commercials. |
gorfle |
Feb-11-10 12:49 PM |
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I HATE that commercial. |
GreenStormCloud |
Feb-11-10 06:00 PM |
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Forgot to mention, 1 in 4 persons are employed to keep control over the rest of us. |
Gman2 |
Feb-10-10 03:44 PM |
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How do you figure? |
Glassunion |
Feb-10-10 03:58 PM |
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Study just out, states that 1 in four Americans is employed to watch the rest of us. |
Gman2 |
Feb-10-10 05:58 PM |
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Shout it from the rooftops ! |
Katya Mullethov |
Feb-10-10 06:12 PM |
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Man, can you mangle a headline or what.. |
X_Digger |
Feb-10-10 06:53 PM |
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I saw the thread on that study, but I don't believe it. |
GreenStormCloud |
Feb-10-10 07:02 PM |
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Should security have done something: Yes |
Travis_0004 |
Feb-10-10 03:49 PM |
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The woman they showed was on a bus, |
burrfoot |
Feb-11-10 10:13 AM |
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Modern guards, even armed ones, are told to not interfere. They are NOT almost-cops. |
GreenStormCloud |
Feb-10-10 07:15 PM |
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True. |
jeepnstein |
Feb-11-10 01:13 PM |
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"Security guards" my ass. Sick. |
PavePusher |
Feb-10-10 09:44 PM |
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Fortunately, I was under no such illusion in the first place |
Euromutt |
Feb-10-10 11:19 PM |
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Damn straight. nt |
rrneck |
Feb-11-10 10:06 AM |
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Well said. (n/t) |
benEzra |
Feb-12-10 08:10 AM |
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When it comes to self-defense, the only person you should rely on is yourself. |
proteus_lives |
Feb-11-10 01:11 AM |
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I sympathize with the guards |
rrneck |
Feb-11-10 10:20 AM |
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Juveniles as vermin |
one-eyed fat man |
Feb-11-10 07:19 PM |
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Security gaurds are just security theater. |
gorfle |
Feb-11-10 01:04 PM |
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I heard on the news that the girl asked the security guards... |
spin |
Feb-11-10 07:15 PM |
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I hear you, spin. Me too. |
GreenStormCloud |
Feb-11-10 08:01 PM |
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My daughter pointed out to me that jobs are hard to find ... |
spin |
Feb-11-10 08:35 PM |
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I would think that had you put the girl emphatically on her ass |
TPaine7 |
Feb-11-10 09:27 PM |
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That's probably the best thing to do in that situation. (n/t). |
spin |
Feb-12-10 12:09 AM |
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Trying to break up a teen-age fight is dangerous. |
GreenStormCloud |
Feb-11-10 07:33 PM |
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Speaking for myself, I'm not faulting the security personnel personally |
Euromutt |
Feb-11-10 09:12 PM |
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WTF is wrong with this country?!?! |
PavePusher |
Feb-11-10 09:12 PM |
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Depends on what they're "guarding"... |
jeepnstein |
Feb-12-10 07:56 AM |
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Be your own security guard |
Indy Lurker |
Feb-11-10 07:53 PM |
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Most of you have been sucked in like the AP |
Indy Lurker |
Feb-12-10 06:18 AM |
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Most people use the two words interchangeably. |
GreenStormCloud |
Feb-12-10 07:26 AM |
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you mean those security guys |
one-eyed fat man |
Feb-12-10 07:34 AM |
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Exactly. |
Indy Lurker |
Feb-12-10 11:40 AM |
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