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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/16/2013 9:06 AM, Gary Crabtree
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<div>So why are these "fashion accessories" effective and
necessary tools when dealing with chief exec. kiddies and not
those of the great unwashed? Why is a tool useful in one
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Probability. Weapons are useful tools for law enforcement officers
(Secret Service and others) because the probability of a law
enforcement officer finding himself or herself in a deadly force
situation is significantly higher than it is for the, for example,
civilian administrative leadership of an elementary school in most
locations of the United States. The children of the President are
unique because the incumbent President is unique in the powers his
position possesses, and the range of individuals the use of those
powers might affect negatively. Misguided individuals under the
strong impression they can favorably (from their vantage point)
affect the actions of the President by kidnapping or physically
harming his children may act with unexpected, sudden, random
forcefulness in an attempt to effect their wishes. Secret Service
personnel are expected to be watchful and prepared to act against
such actions with little or no notice.<br>
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However small may be the actual probability of an attack against the
President's kids, the probability of an attack against almost any
other American school kid is orders of magnitude smaller. Because
such attacks are almost non-existent in their frequency, going to
the significant efforts and expenses of hiring and arming
educational institution security personnel is very likely
counterproductive not only budgetary terms, but also in kid-scary
psychological terms, too. An extremely small number of bad
incidents should not be allowed to create bogeymen brigades in our
imaginations, and thus causing more unnecessary reactionary expenses
and fears against evils found only in our imaginations.<br>
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Ken<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Kenneth
Marcy <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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class="gmail_quote">On 1/16/2013 8:16 AM, Gary Crabtree wrote:<br>
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So, please explain why if guns are so totally ineffective in
protecting children in schools across the country they
suddenly become mandatory for protecting the children of the
democrat elite?<br>
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A little more precision would be useful here. In this case
"children of the democrat elite" does not refer to children of
millions of families across the country who might fit that
description, but rather the children of the President of the
United States, the incumbent of which office happens to be one
of the more hated individuals among various peoples around the
world (not to mention in this country). It matters not what
the President's political affiliations may be; his children
still receive Secret Service protection. Considering the
variety and range of the efforts to protect the President and
his family, one might consider that firearms are closer to
being fashion accessories for the officers rather than the
actual power that they assert.<br>
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Ken<br>
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