When the Hospital Fires the Bullet

Re:When the Hospital Fires the Bullet by Zigurd on Saturday February 20, 2016 @11:50AM (#11140805)

That's not what I was asking. I was asking: Does armed security, or, for that matter, armed police make for fewer such cases.

There are places where security guards and police do without guns in normal duties. Perhaps it's, at least in part, because policing and security sets the tone, that they have to do more deescalation before drawing a gun, that they have less violence.

[EDIT:] Has anyplace ever become more safe by putting more guns in the hands of armed security and police?

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Re:When the Hospital Fires the Bullet by yummyfajitas on Saturday February 20, 2016 @11:58AM (#11140842)

Presumably the incident where the crazed lady stabbed the (unarmed) security guards could have been prevented by tazering her. Having practiced (simulated) knife combat, I'd certainly consider a long range weapon to be more effective than grappling.

If you are charged with protecting people from a crazy lady with a knife, would you turn down the tazer or gun? (If you believe it doesn't improve your odds of survival, you of course would.)

Given that many of these crazy people incidents happen away from security guards, it's hardly clear that "policing and security sets the tone". The US is just a highly violent place.

What sort of evidence are you looking for?

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