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Hired Guns

Across the U.S., a haphazard system of lax laws, minimal oversight and little accountability puts guns in the hands of guards who endanger lives.

Posted inGuns, Hired Guns

Why California cracked down on oversight of armed security guards

by Shoshana Walter September 29, 2016September 29, 2016

Our investigation found regulators in California and many other states frequently license armed guards who are poorly trained, mentally unstable and prone to violence.

Posted inGuns, Guns and Mental Health, Hired Guns

Armed security guards may face mental health check

by Shoshana Walter August 31, 2016September 1, 2016

Armed security guards in California soon may be required to pass a mental health evaluation if they want to carry a gun on the job.

Posted inCriminal Justice, Guns, Guns and Mental Health, Guns and Society, Hired Guns

The problem with turning to armed guards after mass shootings

by Shoshana Walter June 24, 2016June 24, 2016

In the wake of mass shootings, businesses, school districts and towns often turn to armed guards. But armed security guards can introduce a new kind of danger.

Posted inGuns, Guns and Mental Health, Hired Guns

After Orlando

by Julia B. Chan and Stan Alcorn June 18, 2016July 1, 2021

This week’s attack on a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, was the largest mass shooting in American history. On this hour of Reveal, we go to Orlando to hear from the LGBT community targeted by this violence.

https://d1m3w2qdkx2ozg.cloudfront.net/224AfterOrlando.mp3
Posted inCriminal Justice, Guns, Hired Guns

Omar Mateen’s employer didn’t heed warnings about two other killers

by Shoshana Walter June 13, 2016June 14, 2016

The security company that employed Orlando, Florida, shooter Omar Mateen failed to heed warnings about at least two other employees who later went on to kill.

Posted inCriminal Justice, Guns, Hired Guns, Law Enforcement

Orlando shooter Omar Mateen was a licensed security guard

by Shoshana Walter June 12, 2016November 29, 2018

Authorities have identified Omar Mateen, 29, as the gunman who left 49 people dead at a popular gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida.

Posted inHired Guns

Efforts to regulate security guards finding little traction

by Shoshana Walter November 12, 2015December 15, 2015

About 90 security guard-related bills have introduced in state legislatures, but none of the bills that would have created substantial changes were enacted.

Posted inHired Guns

Man shot after urinating on wall sues security guard and his firm

by Shoshana Walter November 9, 2015December 15, 2015

A man hospitalized after being shot by a Sacramento, California, security guard outside a convenience store now is suing the guard and his prior employer, claiming the guard used excessive force.

Posted inGuns, Hired Guns

Firearms trainer keeps license despite being accused of running a scam

by Shoshana Walter September 10, 2015June 30, 2021

California’s Bureau of Security and Investigative Services has received multiple complaints about Anthony Loyola, a firearms trainer whose curriculum allegedly lacks the required hours at a shooting range but does include films such as “Smokey and the Bandit” and “The Fast and the Furious.”

Posted inGuns, Hired Guns

Former armed guard charged with murder says evidence was fabricated

by Shoshana Walter September 3, 2015June 30, 2021

Former armed security guard Lukace Kendle, who previously was found incompetent to stand trial, got a judge’s approval to represent himself against murder and attempted murder charges in the 2012 shooting of two unarmed black men in a Miami strip club parking lot.

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