Handgun suggestions

[NickD 203]

Hand guns for hospital security staff? In what neck of the woods are you in? We have some pretty major hospital complexes in our neck of the woods, all have closed circuit TV, a sweet young thing that walks around the parking lot issuing parking tickets to mostly hospital employees that park in the patient visitors lot, but no guns.

Only time you see security is after hours, more like a traffic or information service telling people where to find something. But certainly no guns.

Guess if you have to carry one and use it, a 0.22 would be more than enough, certainly would be far less of a mess for the doctors to clean up. People are not like those idiots you see in the movies, just nick a person with a bullet, they panic and think they are going to die.

Still wonder why they have all those armed guards at USCIS field offices, maybe they think someone is going to steal a rusted out folding chair or a portrait of GWB.

If a convict or suspected criminal comes in for treatment, see plenty of armed cops surrounding him, usually a 16 year old kid that drank a beer.

[HAL 9000 96]

I still think the Tec-9 should be on the table for this position. OR the AB-10 if not feeling so frisky.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

You're a wannabe. Aliens can't have guns.

Don't want to spook your turtle but they can. Remember, each state has their own rules.

You are anti-gun, remember? Now you have one. Another boast?

[Heracles 417]

You are anti-gun, remember? Now you have one. Another boast?

Already explained this situation in another thread.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

You are anti-gun, remember? Now you have one. Another boast?

Already explained this situation in another thread.

A hypocrite?

[FutureAmerican 2]

Hand guns for hospital security staff? In what neck of the woods are you in? We have some pretty major hospital complexes in our neck of the woods, all have closed circuit TV, a sweet young thing that walks around the parking lot issuing parking tickets to mostly hospital employees that park in the patient visitors lot, but no guns.

Only time you see security is after hours, more like a traffic or information service telling people where to find something. But certainly no guns.

Guess if you have to carry one and use it, a 0.22 would be more than enough, certainly would be far less of a mess for the doctors to clean up. People are not like those idiots you see in the movies, just nick a person with a bullet, they panic and think they are going to die.

Still wonder why they have all those armed guards at USCIS field offices, maybe they think someone is going to steal a rusted out folding chair or a portrait of GWB.

If a convict or suspected criminal comes in for treatment, see plenty of armed cops surrounding him, usually a 16 year old kid that drank a beer.

I'm going to be working at a major hospital in the Denver Metro area - my security company runs pretty much all the hospitals in Colorado, and a bunch in Cali, Oregon, Wyoming, Wisconsin and Arizona.

Our "weapons" vary between sites depending on what the clients want - some are unarmed apart from handcuffs (such as my current facility in Western Colorado), but even then I wind up in a physical confrontation about once a week (I work evenings and nights when we get the most drunks/drug addicts in the ER). Others are armed, tasers, baton, pepper spray etc.

Interesting that security seems very different for your folk - in our case we always have officers placed at the ER, outside patrol, interior patrol etc, and always try to remain a "visible presence" anytime of day or night. I used to work Mall Security, and I did more in my first week at the hospital than I did in 4 months of Mall work - we try to be fairly selective in terms of who we hire, as we get the full range of applicants from the type who just want to sit at a desk watching a monitor all night, to the cop-wannabes, and neither are welcome in our line of work. Most of our problems arise from drunks who are dropped off by local law enforcement prior to being taken to detox, pysch patients, irate family members, and drug-seekers who are willing to attack staff if they don't get prescription drugs. The vast majority of the time the situations can be resolved through verbal de-escalation, but unfortunately there's some that leave us no option but to use an appropriate level of force - I've been spat on, bitten, kicked, and almost got sprayed with HIV-positive blood by one patient that thought it would be cute to pull his IV out and try and aim his fluids at us - fun time!

[Ban Hammer 13,345]

never go to a gunfight with anything that doesn't start with a 4.

i suggest a .40 cal or .45

[one...two...tree 2,762]

never go to a gunfight with anything that doesn't start with a 4.

i suggest a .40 cal or .45

He's not going to a gun fight. He's being paid to provide security and protect....has to consider the safety of innocent bystanders.

[HAL 9000 96]

Did anyone reading the thread title mistakenly see 'Handjob suggestions' ????

[Yoink 7]

if you want to scare people get a desert eagle... if you want to put someone down so they dont get up get a .357

[Ban Hammer 13,345]

never go to a gunfight with anything that doesn't start with a 4.

i suggest a .40 cal or .45

He's not going to a gun fight. He's being paid to provide security and protect....has to consider the safety of innocent bystanders.

which is why both of those are good choices to provide security and protect. surely you're aware of the ballistic characteristics of a .45........

[NickD 203]

Hand guns for hospital security staff? In what neck of the woods are you in? We have some pretty major hospital complexes in our neck of the woods, all have closed circuit TV, a sweet young thing that walks around the parking lot issuing parking tickets to mostly hospital employees that park in the patient visitors lot, but no guns.

Only time you see security is after hours, more like a traffic or information service telling people where to find something. But certainly no guns.

Guess if you have to carry one and use it, a 0.22 would be more than enough, certainly would be far less of a mess for the doctors to clean up. People are not like those idiots you see in the movies, just nick a person with a bullet, they panic and think they are going to die.

Still wonder why they have all those armed guards at USCIS field offices, maybe they think someone is going to steal a rusted out folding chair or a portrait of GWB.

If a convict or suspected criminal comes in for treatment, see plenty of armed cops surrounding him, usually a 16 year old kid that drank a beer.

I'm going to be working at a major hospital in the Denver Metro area - my security company runs pretty much all the hospitals in Colorado, and a bunch in Cali, Oregon, Wyoming, Wisconsin and Arizona.

Our "weapons" vary between sites depending on what the clients want - some are unarmed apart from handcuffs (such as my current facility in Western Colorado), but even then I wind up in a physical confrontation about once a week (I work evenings and nights when we get the most drunks/drug addicts in the ER). Others are armed, tasers, baton, pepper spray etc.

Interesting that security seems very different for your folk - in our case we always have officers placed at the ER, outside patrol, interior patrol etc, and always try to remain a "visible presence" anytime of day or night. I used to work Mall Security, and I did more in my first week at the hospital than I did in 4 months of Mall work - we try to be fairly selective in terms of who we hire, as we get the full range of applicants from the type who just want to sit at a desk watching a monitor all night, to the cop-wannabes, and neither are welcome in our line of work. Most of our problems arise from drunks who are dropped off by local law enforcement prior to being taken to detox, pysch patients, irate family members, and drug-seekers who are willing to attack staff if they don't get prescription drugs. The vast majority of the time the situations can be resolved through verbal de-escalation, but unfortunately there's some that leave us no option but to use an appropriate level of force - I've been spat on, bitten, kicked, and almost got sprayed with HIV-positive blood by one patient that thought it would be cute to pull his IV out and try and aim his fluids at us - fun time!

Do they make you wear a uniform? Always thought that was kind of dumb in our military, makes you stick out like a sore thumb. Why not wear a uniform with a big red bullseye in the middle or carry a big flag that says, I am a target? Carried this to such an extreme, would get your a$$ chewed off if just one button wasn't buttoned.

Carrying a concealed weapon would be fine, but that uniform has got to go. Just my stupid opinion.

Would be far more effective if dressed like a nurse carrying a hypodermic needle loaded with a strong tranquilizer. Working with my newest German Shepherd dog, if he suspects danger, barks. Tell him to shut up, you are giving away our position.

Only intelligent military leader we had was George Washington using gorilla tactics rather than standing in a neat line and stopping British bullets.

[HAL 9000 96]

Hand guns for hospital security staff? In what neck of the woods are you in? We have some pretty major hospital complexes in our neck of the woods, all have closed circuit TV, a sweet young thing that walks around the parking lot issuing parking tickets to mostly hospital employees that park in the patient visitors lot, but no guns.

Only time you see security is after hours, more like a traffic or information service telling people where to find something. But certainly no guns.

Guess if you have to carry one and use it, a 0.22 would be more than enough, certainly would be far less of a mess for the doctors to clean up. People are not like those idiots you see in the movies, just nick a person with a bullet, they panic and think they are going to die.

Still wonder why they have all those armed guards at USCIS field offices, maybe they think someone is going to steal a rusted out folding chair or a portrait of GWB.

If a convict or suspected criminal comes in for treatment, see plenty of armed cops surrounding him, usually a 16 year old kid that drank a beer.

I'm going to be working at a major hospital in the Denver Metro area - my security company runs pretty much all the hospitals in Colorado, and a bunch in Cali, Oregon, Wyoming, Wisconsin and Arizona.

Our "weapons" vary between sites depending on what the clients want - some are unarmed apart from handcuffs (such as my current facility in Western Colorado), but even then I wind up in a physical confrontation about once a week (I work evenings and nights when we get the most drunks/drug addicts in the ER). Others are armed, tasers, baton, pepper spray etc.

Interesting that security seems very different for your folk - in our case we always have officers placed at the ER, outside patrol, interior patrol etc, and always try to remain a "visible presence" anytime of day or night. I used to work Mall Security, and I did more in my first week at the hospital than I did in 4 months of Mall work - we try to be fairly selective in terms of who we hire, as we get the full range of applicants from the type who just want to sit at a desk watching a monitor all night, to the cop-wannabes, and neither are welcome in our line of work. Most of our problems arise from drunks who are dropped off by local law enforcement prior to being taken to detox, pysch patients, irate family members, and drug-seekers who are willing to attack staff if they don't get prescription drugs. The vast majority of the time the situations can be resolved through verbal de-escalation, but unfortunately there's some that leave us no option but to use an appropriate level of force - I've been spat on, bitten, kicked, and almost got sprayed with HIV-positive blood by one patient that thought it would be cute to pull his IV out and try and aim his fluids at us - fun time!

Do they make you wear a uniform? Always thought that was kind of dumb in our military, makes you stick out like a sore thumb. Why not wear a uniform with a big red bullseye in the middle or carry a big flag that says, I am a target? Carried this to such an extreme, would get your a$ chewed off if just one button wasn't buttoned.

Carrying a concealed weapon would be fine, but that uniform has got to go. Just my stupid opinion.

Would be far more effective if dressed like a nurse carrying a hypodermic needle loaded with a strong tranquilizer. Working with my newest German Shepherd dog, if he suspects danger, barks. Tell him to shut up, you are giving away our position.

Only intelligent military leader we had was George Washington using gorilla tactics rather than standing in a neat line and stopping British bullets.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

if you want to scare people get a desert eagle... if you want to put someone down so they dont get up get a .357

They won't get up if their hit by the Desert Eagle either. Even if it's not fired.

[almaty 19]

i suggest the judge by Tarus..shoots 410 shotgun shells in a pistol...