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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would agree with your analysis if we were talking about hiring someone to do a job. The question was whether you feel safe or unsafe when others around you are carrying firearms. The fact that someone is currently receiving a W2 for employment that typically requires carrying a gun seems like a weak justification. Do you feel unsafe if a retired police officer is carrying a gun?[/quote]

Well we're all different and we all have different perceptions and presumptions that affect our attitudes and impact our arguments and justifications.  That being said, I'm not a person who takes a job lightly.  I take pride in my work and I have this, I don't know, delusional idea that most others share the same mindset when it comes to work ethic.  So for me the if it is a person's job is to serve and protect then I put a great deal of faith and trust in that individual because it takes a great of character and commitment to not only accept such a duty but also to accept being held accountable for their actions when performing that duty.  That's probably why people are more pissed off when cops egregiously shoot unarmed civilians than when criminals do - we expect more from those men and women hired to serve and protect us than some average Joe Schmo out for himself.  But I digress...
No.  I'm not calmed by the presence of a retired police officer packing heat in the same room with me because he/she is no longer obligated to protect and serve me nor are they held to the same standards of accountability for their actions as now retired everyday Joe Schmo's than when they were active officers.   [/quote]

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