No Gun, No Security

At least one judge in New Jersey thinks security guards in movie theaters shouldn’t be armed. He thinks they don’t NEED guns. What STUPIDITY! Speaking as a former private security guard, I think what I would do as an UNARMED security guard on a movie theater when some crazy comes in and decides to shoot the place up, as one did in Aurora, Colorado (less than a mile from where I was living). I’d have to hide behind the nearest solid object, and be USELESS when it comes to stopping him and saving some lives. Maybe even become a victim, myself. The whole idea of UNARMED “security” is a misnomer. All an UNARMED security officer can do is “hide and watch” while the bad things are going on, and tell somebody about it later, while the bodies are being carried out, along with the wounded. The judge who decided theater security guards do not need guns is STUPID. Too stupid to be allowed to make such decisions and have them be carried out. Theaters have been designated as “soft targets” by Homeland Security, but a judge in New Jersey denied the application for a carry permit for s theater security guard, without even holding a hearing. This in spite of the fact the application was approved by the police chief AND the management of his security company. A theater “protected” by a security guard with no gun is a “tempting target” for a criminal intent on stealing the sometimes large amounts of money that cross their lobbies. To mandate no guns for security officers is as stupid as disarming the cops. (Bearing Arms)