Hi Julie, I never heard of it here. Only life guards as far as I know. Consider yourself fortunate though. There is talk of closing pools for lack of funds and some communities have closed their libraries due to millage failures. Not in this town though. I worked on the millage renewal committee and it it passed. Veronica Caley Milford, MI ----- Original Message ----- From: Julie C To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2011 11:44 AM Subject: [lit-ideas] arms? I have a question. I live in Columbia, MO -- a town of about 200,000, smack dab between St. Louis & KC (yes, we're cooking). Our public library and outdoor public swimming pools (both patronized vastly by small children) have armed guards patrolling the premises -- police armed with firearms. Is this typical where you live? Julie Krueger