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Well, maybe not changing the world, but at least my little piece of it...
Here's the deal. I'm a paramedic in Central Arkansas (Little Rock and surrounding area). We are called to some pretty damned rough areas of town at times and LEO are not always immediately available. Several times, all that's come between our crew and getting knifed by some fool who wants to finish the job he started on our patient is my partner and I grabbing our maglites.
In Arkansas it is currently against Dept of Health rules and regs to carry a firearm on any ambulance except one run specifically by the police department. I've noticed that several members of the forums are paramedics elsewhere and am just wondering if they have any advice on how to get these rules changed. Anyone want to give me some compelling reasons to include in my argument? I figure if they let us CCW, at least we can keep them alive long enough to get to the hospital after we shoot them...that's more than the cops can say :blink:
--dwpa
Here's the deal. I'm a paramedic in Central Arkansas (Little Rock and surrounding area). We are called to some pretty damned rough areas of town at times and LEO are not always immediately available. Several times, all that's come between our crew and getting knifed by some fool who wants to finish the job he started on our patient is my partner and I grabbing our maglites.
In Arkansas it is currently against Dept of Health rules and regs to carry a firearm on any ambulance except one run specifically by the police department. I've noticed that several members of the forums are paramedics elsewhere and am just wondering if they have any advice on how to get these rules changed. Anyone want to give me some compelling reasons to include in my argument? I figure if they let us CCW, at least we can keep them alive long enough to get to the hospital after we shoot them...that's more than the cops can say :blink:
--dwpa