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There is a stupid amount of security for the President. More than people realize.
When he was Prez, Clinton came to speak at my high school. They had scuba divers check a small pond for explosives, evacuated homes in a nearby subdivision, and had a fucking ground to air missile battery in the countyard. And that was before 9/11.
And that same SS didn't insist on metal detectors at the hotel? Or fully vet all the people staying at the hotel?
It sounds like the shooter was stopped at the metal detectors from what I read. As for vetting, this administration only seems to vet brown people.
So the next one knows the gun has to be non metallic (plastic and ceramic).
There's video. He gets to the checkpoint and bolts. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr717nglye0o
George W Bush came to speak at my high school, BEFORE he was President; this was just on the campaign trail.
Aside from getting a chance to speak to him (“to the rank”), what image has remained with me 20+ years later was leaving school later and looking back at the sight of these men running back and forth on the roof of my school carrying HUGE guns as part of the security. It really resonated with me that I while I was shaking that man’s hand, I very likely had one of those giant rifles aimed at me…just in case.
And, this was just on the campaign trail.