Of course they are worried…
September 11th, 2008 by Syd
Joe Huffman at The View From North Central Idaho has a good one:
No one should be surprised that Concealed Weapon Laws Make Security Practitioners Worried. I’ll bet there were lots of "security practitioners" that were "worried" about blacks being released from slavery too. Reading the study they cite I found certain items particularly interesting.
The title of the study is "Preventing Gun Violence in the Workplace" (emphasis mine). It’s not about preventing violence in general it’s about preventing gun violence.
They claim "Research suggests that workplaces that prohibit weapons are significantly less likely to experience a worker homicide than workplaces that allow guns." But they apparently include the police –"the risk of becoming a victim of a violent crime on the job is highest for workers in law enforcement occupations, who experienced more than 125 violent incidents per 1,000 employed persons." One can only guess that the author, Dana Loomis, PhD, is of the opinion that the police would be safer if they were prohibited from having weapons. But then Loomis says, "Carrying a weapon is part of the function of some workers whose jobs involve the protection of people or property such as police officers, security guards, corrections officers, game wardens, and park rangers. Possession of weapons by such personnel is generally intended to prevent violence and is not regarded as a public health and safety concern."
Being one of those security practitioners, I can tell you it is all about control,power, and more over lawyers. They fear being sued if something happens, thus the enviroment must be completely under their control, which is done by maintaining the power of who has a weapon and who doesn’t. It has little to do with safety or rights.