• Dis32@lemmy.worldOP
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    4 days ago

    Unfortunate yes, security guards in shopping malls used to carry machine guns lol when I was living there when I was younger, not anymore though I think.

    • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      Even as a kid getting armed cops in schools after 9/11, I have always really hated seeing guns in public. Especially when it’s a mall cop, you know? That sucks.

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        4 days ago

        We had an armed cop in my 80s high school, long before Columbine made school shootings a sport. Also, this was a solidly middle-class school, not exactly rough.

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          3 days ago

          What’s your point, that it’s fine and dandy? I’ve done more than my share of fun with guns, but even I think it’s just plain weird for kids to see a guy with a gun every single day of their lives.