Museum tour guide and education 'interpreter' (doesn't translate very well from French) here in Montreal.
Due to a series of incidents in the late 1980s and early 1990s, our union successfully petitioned the Gov't of Quebec to allow all museum staff (working with the public in a non-security role) to carry licensed firearms. I carry an older model Browning Hi Power 9mm and have had to draw my weapon three times in the last 8 months, though at only one time was I convinced I'd have to use it.
Oh, and only once was it a theft issue, the other times we were being threatened. This is the reality for museum tour guides, and, as far as i understand, university and CEGEP professors as well, though no one ever talks about it.
Due to a series of incidents in the late 1980s and early 1990s, our union successfully petitioned the Gov't of Quebec to allow all museum staff (working with the public in a non-security role) to carry licensed firearms. I carry an older model Browning Hi Power 9mm and have had to draw my weapon three times in the last 8 months, though at only one time was I convinced I'd have to use it.
Oh, and only once was it a theft issue, the other times we were being threatened. This is the reality for museum tour guides, and, as far as i understand, university and CEGEP professors as well, though no one ever talks about it.