tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413758965958565043.post102330821576000593..comments2023-11-05T03:05:02.330-06:00Comments on The Henry Wiggen Blog: The NRA has gone around the bend; have faith the American people are too smart and too good hearted to followJohn Lofflinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15278336968891726815noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413758965958565043.post-11244080205705701532013-01-17T17:06:52.764-06:002013-01-17T17:06:52.764-06:00Thanks, Anon, for trying to straighten me out, but...Thanks, Anon, for trying to straighten me out, but it didn't take. Now, I know my source here will not be persuasive for you, but the Washington Post did a piece today on this Internet claim about armed security guards. Here's their research:<br /><br />"This is based on the fact that the online directory for Sidwell Friends lists 11 people as working in the Security Department. Five are listed as “special police officer,” while two are listed as “on call special police officer,” which presumably means they do not work full-time. The directory also lists two weekend shift supervisors, one security officer and the chief of security.<br /><br />"Under the District of Columbia General Order 308.7, a special police officer is a private commissioned police officer with arrest powers in the area that he or she protects. They may also be authorized to bear firearms — but it is not required. Security officers, by contrast, cannot carry firearms and in effect are watchmen. So five to seven security personnel in theory could be licensed to carry firearms.”<br />Now, the money quote:<br />“But we spoke to parents who said they had never seen a guard on campus with a weapon. And Ellis Turner, associate head of Sidwell Friends, told us emphatically: “Sidwell Friends security officers do not carry guns.”<br /><br />The Post’s conclusion is that because the school has three campuses, the truth is each campus may have two UNARMED security guards on duty at any time.<br /><br />Sorry, but I don't buy your assertion.<br />John Lofflinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15278336968891726815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413758965958565043.post-38272058872042777802013-01-17T10:09:24.358-06:002013-01-17T10:09:24.358-06:00Sidwell Friends school had a staff of 9 armed guar...Sidwell Friends school had a staff of 9 armed guards. Whatever secret service agents are there is another issue entirely. The staff of 9 are NOT due to Obama’s kids being there. That school has had armed guards long before Obama showed up. <br /><br />More ignorance on the left… Either willingly, or not, it’s ignorance nevetheless.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com