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Originally Posted by drcoastline
VaSteve, Every one of your situations with the possible exception of the Church service could qualify. Why? They are all planned events and presumably advertised to lure the public to the event and there is no reason not to have security.
One of your examples already uses the approach. More and more concerts require security checks, As do college and pro sports. Many bars and clubs are also requiring people to go through security checks looking for weapons. If you are carrying you do not enter. That's the kind of gun/weapon control I would want to see.
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Uh.... I disagree. But, before I go further...the only person I KNOW CCW's all the time are the guys on this board. I personally know Rick and I assume he's carrying when we hang out....but I don't think about it. I really don't have an opinion on the gun laws. Guns are not really a part of my life for hobby or protection
I personally don't want to go through my life caught up in checkpoints to defeat dishonest people while ensnaring the rest of us. As it stands, my employer has us queue up to go through metal detectors each day. It's a pain in the ass. Any nut who wants, could pop off a whole bunch of people waiting in that line. I have been in the pat downs for concerts, IIRC it was more to keep out liquor than guns/weapons. I have not been to a patdown/security screening for college classes, random shopping (say if some other event is going on), church, etc. Sometimes local pols show up shaking hands and kissing babies on my way to the commuter train...I don't ask them to be there, but I don't expect them to have extra security. Maybe there's a cop or two once in a while, but like others have said they can only react. You could just as easily take out a bunch of people walking to that train with a car as a weapon.
Santa Claus at the mall has a lot of people gathered. Some folks don't like Christmas...should he have security? When does it end?