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In reply to the discussion: Should guns be banned in hospitals? [View all]nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Hospital Security STAFF, can be ARMED with a DEFENSIVE weapon, yes that 9 mm qualifies, though I'd prefer a 40 cal due to pesky pen values and close quarters and things that can go boom. So the argument that nobody is well bogus. Hell, we had an incident at a WELL MARKED RED CROSS hospital in Mexico, where a man came in with a 22. Suffice it to say that yes the cops were called and were given free rein to deal with our "friend." Once he was arrested we found out that probably he was the wrong person to have a gun... no, not due to the crime. He had a history of mental illness. He got it from a cousin of a cousin.
Yup he was off his meds, no, since nobody was hurt, no he was not charged... there was no way the DA could get a conviction and yes, he was shipped to the Psychiatric Hospital. Oh gun... that was taken off the streets.
But guns generally speaking do not belong in hospitals. If we ever decent into a nasty civil war you might even understand why.