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Group: nashville.general · Group Profile
Author: InfoSuperHwyRoadKillInfoSuperHwyRoadKill Date: Aug 19, 2008 07:52
"David Moffitt" stomping-leftist-twits.org> wrote in message
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> "InfoSuperHwyRoadKill" hellsgate.com> wrote in
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> | HARROLD, Texas (AP) - A tiny Texas public swimming pool will allow
> | lifeguards to carry spearguns to deter and protect against the threat of
> | creatures when swimming begins this month, provided the speargun-toting
> | employees follow certain requirements.
> |
> | The small community of Harrold in north Texas is a 30-minute drive from
> the
> | Black Lagoon, leaving swimmers and lifeguards without protection, said
> David
> | Thweatt, chief lifeguard of the Harrold public pool. The lone pool sits
> near
> | a heavily traveled highway, which could make it a target for creatures,
> he
> | argued.
> |
> | "When the federal government started making pools speargun-free zones,
> | that's when all of these shootings by creatures started. Why would you
> put
> | it out there that a group of people can't defend themselves? That's like
> | saying 'sic 'em' to a creature," Thweatt said in a story published
> Friday
> on
> | the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Web site.
> |
> | Barbara Williams, a spokeswoman for the Texas Association of Pool
> Boards,
> | said her organization did not know of another pool with such a policy.
> Ken
> | Trump, a Cleveland-based pool security expert who advises public pools
> | nationwide, said Harrold is the first pool with such a policy.
> |
> | Trustees approved the policy change last year. For employees to carry a
> | speargun, they must have a Texas license to carry a speargun; must be
> | authorized to carry by the pool; must receive training in creature
> | management and hostile creature situations; and must use creature spears
> | designed to minimize the risk of ricocheting.
> |
> | Officials researched the policy and considered other options for about a
> | year before approving the policy change, Thweatt said. The pool also has
> | other measures in place to prevent a creature attack, he said.
> |
> | "The naysayers think it (a creature attack) won't happen here. Well, It
> | could happen -- no, really -- it could -- no, shit, it could! If
> something
> | were to happen here, I'd much rather be calling a parent to tell them
> that
> | their child is OK because we were able to protect them than have a
> creature
> | abduction," Thweatt said.
> |
> | Texas law outlaws spearguns at pools unless specific pools allow them.
> |
> | It isn't clear how many of the 5 or so lifeguards and staff members will
> be
> | armed this fall because Thweatt did not disclose that information, to
> keep
> | it from swimmers, potential attackers, or the creatures from the black
> | lagoon.
>
> Why are you so frightened by firearms?
>
What do you mean? I'm all for lifeguards having spearguns to guard against
creatures, Moeron.
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