WASHINGTON — Four years ago, law enforcement officials overseeing President Obama’s first inauguration were concerned primarily with keeping the new president safe amid rising threats and nearly 2 million spectators packing the Mall.
This year, the conversation has turned largely to balancing the need for a heavy police presence with ensuring that the crowd gets where it needs to go — and has fun — even if people have to be scanned airport-style to reach the parade route.
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And I bet all those security officers are carrying ( SHOCK! ) ... guns. Good guys with guns for protection, hmmm, who would have thought of that! While I laugh at the hypocrisy, I don't think guns in all schools are the answer, why not have non-lethal stun guns, pepper spray etc behind glass?