I guess one need'nt get too uptight about these purchases, even though, in the case of the Social Security Office thing, where I live they have a Rent a Pig for office security . . And yes he carries a gun . . And no, he probably couldn't hit a bull in the ass with a spade shovel at 3 feet . .
Here's the up side (or maybe downside of you're depending on one of them) of all those officers and their training and carrying. About half, with all the training in the world, still are lucky to hit a wall in front of them at 21 feet . . Back when I used to shoot combat pistol, about half the police force were competent with their sidearm, and the other half shouldn't have ever loaded their weapon . . Probably half of the inadequate half were hard put to even clean their weapon well . .
Add to that, Basic training for sidearms involves a six inch circle at 35 meters. Nothing further than that . . So if all hell were to break loose, one needs to start with something that'll shoot over 100 yards accurately and has adequate muzzle velocity to kill an Elk at that distance . . One round at a time . .
Jus' Sayin' . . .