Fabulous spot at Merchants Millpond State Park in the Great Dismal Swamp.
While sitting here a park ranger came out to get a canoe some people had rented. He looked like an oversized Boy Scout in his olive shorts and ranger shirt and was carrying a can of Sprite, which he deposited on a tree stump. On his belt he had a walkie-talkie and, to make all of us feel safer, no doubt, a handgun.
Which got me to wondering. How much does it cost us to outfit public employees with guns? The guns themselves cost some hundreds of dollars. Training employees to use them, per the internet, is not a big expense for most public safety organizations. So the biggest cost is likely legal settlements when someone gets shot in error. And paying the defense attorneys. Maybe some insurance.
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