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In reply to the discussion: Should guns be banned in hospitals? [View all]ellisonz
(27,776 posts)You just don't get it...when you introduce guns in an uncontrolled manner into an environment with high tensions the likely outcome is going to be shootings. To believe otherwise is just utter nonsense and misunderstanding of how and why conflicts occur. You still haven't answered my question, do you believe hospitals need good security measures or are carriers enough to deter violence?
I think you do a real injustice to your own cause when you deny the history of terrorism and violence in situations and use pejoratives to flail at those who disagrees with you; in fact, it makes it look like you don't give much thought to anyone but yourself. I don't have to agree with some of the stupid things TSA or hospitals do to think it's become necessary.
"There was an exchange between him and his wife about her coming back home," Eubanks said. "Apparently he got a little loud and the hospital staff asked him to leave."
Benson returned to the hospital Friday and witnesses told police he again confronted his wife and mother-in-law.
"He told them they'd be sorry, walked to the car and came back with a gun in his pocket," Eubanks said.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57354411/man-charged-with-murder-in-ga-hospital-shooting/
More: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/10/nyregion/gunman-wounds-nurse-and-guard-at-bronx-hospital.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/16/john-hopkins-hospital-sho_n_719435.html
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/r/2097548/detail.html
Hospitals and guns don't mix. Hospitals should have effective security measures. Period.