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onthecoastmoreorless t1_j8f2bxj wrote

for 'armed and armored sentries' read thugs, to be dealt with like thugs

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RevengencerAlf t1_j8frcmg wrote

You do know just about every private security company in the country offers "armed and armored sentries" as a service, right? They're just security guards. You can ring up Securitas and hire someone like that for an event in like 48 hours. Or you can actually ring up your local police union or station and hire an off duty cop on even shorter notice.

Most businesses just don't use openly armed or "armored" guards because they don't want customers to be alarmed by seeing it.

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onthecoastmoreorless t1_j8gt9yr wrote

that's what I said - thugs, to be dealt with as thugs would be dealt with

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InitialCold7669 t1_j8kzuca wrote

Lol get 300 people drunk you will want an armed guard

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onthecoastmoreorless t1_j8l9gcs wrote

Get 300 people drunk and the stupidest and most irresponsible thing possible is to have anyone armed within a mile.

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thefugue t1_j8fodid wrote

More likely off duty police. Like literally every evening with private security uses off duty police.

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onthecoastmoreorless t1_j8fvaz7 wrote

certainly doesn't make it any better - you think they are there to protect legitimate activity?

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thefugue t1_j8fw811 wrote

Actually they were probably there to throw anyone out that got out of line. You can’t get 300 people together to drink and then just expect the local police department to handle any problems that occur on the taxpayer dollar.I mean you can, but it’s a great way to end up in court or legally liable if anyone dies driving home.

Having bouncers (that’s clearly what this is,) presents a legal defense for liability that shows you made a good faith effort to keep the party in line and avoid having anyone get hurt. That goes a long way towards establishing a legal defense. What if two guys get in a fight? If you don’t have bouncers to break them up, one’s gonna get hurt and he’s suing whoever threw the party.

This is no different from how a successful party bar is run, if anything it sounds like they were being fairly responsible. The biggest issue would be the legalities around booze.

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