vito
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I have worked in health care my entire working life and in general, the health care industry is anti-gun. I do not know of a single hospital in the US that does NOT have a policy prohibiting guns within the institution. In some cases even LEO's will be asked to not bring a firearm into the building. Part of the rationale seems to be that a crazed patient might be able to wrestle a firearm from someone and thus become a real danger to others. But mostly, the no-gun policies seem to be the same stupid thinking that by prohibiting guns they will actually keep criminals from bringing guns into the hospital. Many, including physicians who work in hospitals come to accept the anti-gun philosophy of their institution without giving it much thought. If one were a criminal intent upon shooting someone, a health care facility would normally be a good place to choose to do it, on the assumption that there will likely not be anyone armed ready to stop them. Of course there are even more anti-gun facilities which give a criminal shooter even greater assurance of not facing an armed defender such as schools.