Private bodyguards have the same rights as every other civilian. This means that if a state prohibits people from having firearms, private bodyguards wouldn’t be treated differently.
How then will a private unarmed bodyguard be able to protect a vip in very dangerous parts of town where almost everyone (Edit: a lot of persons) has illegally obtained firearms? Are they trained to disarm people? Or do they just scatter and bail?
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OP, most people in this thread are making things up based on what they’ve seen on TV or in movies, and do not seem to know anything about US federal or state gun laws. Or anything about protecting politicians or celebrities. Why would Brad Pitt be going to Skid Row with no warning on a random Tuesday? Do you know how much advance work is involved in a president visiting a wealthy, secure high school? (MONTHS AND MONTHS.) How is your VIP ending up in dangerous parts of town without an advance team?
The recent VIP who did this most, btw, was Bill Clinton, who would attend big events with *vetted and controlled* crowds, but then after giving his speech would venture out into the crowds unplanned to shake hands and talk to people, which drove his Secret Service agents *absolutely crazy*. And not just in the US — he would do this in tons of overseas locations, where the Secret Service had to rely on local security services for part of his security. They *hated* that he wanted to venture into the crowds.
Another really good VIP protection situation to read about is the Pope. John Paul II and Benedict XVI were well-behaved and mostly stayed in the bulletproof Popemobile and took security with them when they went places. But Pope Francis seems to delight in escaping his security detail like a naughty child. These days he’s in a wheelchair, but he won’t ride in the bulletproof Popemobile — he prefers to be wheeled along crowds in his chair and to constantly stop to talk and shake hands and give blessings. ANYBODY could shoot him; he’s a sitting duck. (John Paul II, who took many more security precautions, [was shot while in Vatican City](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Pope_John_Paul_II).) When Francis was first elevated to the Papacy (and was more mobile), he allegedly used to literally sneak out of the Vatican with the help of one particular cardinal buddy, so he could give alms to people and talk to people, which always set the Swiss Guard (some of who wear old-fashioned uniforms and carry halberds, but some of whom are modern security forces) into a panic.
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