My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 169

“But your son is actually under threat. However, the school is not protecting him.”

Usually, people would move or hire a bodyguard. But in the current situation, both are impossible.

Moving would result in enormous financial losses, and bodyguards are too expensive. Hiring one temporarily would be useless because he would be vulnerable again once the bodyguard leaves.

“In that case, according to constitutional logic, you need to arm yourself.”

“But there’s no way I’ll get permission, right?”

“You won’t get permission. That’s why you should do it.”

“Pardon?”

“What does the gun association advocate?”

“That’s….”

“You must arm yourself to protect yourself.”

The problem is that the school is extremely reluctant to allow weapons because of the risk of a school shooting. But the gun association’s argument at that time is quite a spectacle. They argue that such a thing would never have happened if teachers or students had been armed.

It’s an absurd argument.

“But one thing is certain: people are polite when they think their heads are about to be smashed. That is an immutable truth.”

“But I can’t just give him a gun, can I?”

“That’s not the important thing. In fact, the gun doesn’t matter at all in the first place.”

The important thing is that the other party must feel threatened.

“If we arm ourselves, it means that the possibility of a school shooting increases infinitely.”

“Ah!”

Permission will never be granted.

But what if you argue that you will keep a gun for your child’s safety and allow him to access it?

“How will the school accept that?”

They will never accept it. But will the problem be solved if they don’t accept it?

Of course not. Naturally, things will escalate endlessly.

“First, notify the school that you will arm yourself.”

“What?”

Rosa, the principal of Grayfin Private High School, was breathless.

“I found out that my child is being assaulted, threatened, and extorted at this school. I am going to arm my child for safety.”

“I can’t allow that.”

“I’m not asking for permission; I’m notifying you.”

Hak-soo Lee clenched his fist and spoke. Thinking about the pain his son must have suffered, he wanted to beat the fat woman in front of him.

But he’s holding back because he knows he shouldn’t.

“It’s not allowed.”

“I’m telling you, I’m not asking for permission. I’m going to send my child to school armed.”

“I will block his entry.”

Arming students at school is a nightmare scenario from the school’s point of view. Of course, Rosa, as the principal, had to stop it at all costs.

“Try to stop it and see what happens.”

Hak-soo Lee gritted his teeth and left. Park Do-joon, who was standing behind him like a bodyguard, tapped him on the shoulder.

“You did a good job.”

“But is this really a good thing? I think my son won’t be able to go to school.”

“He won’t be able to go for a while. But it’s much better than going to school while being beaten.”

“But I don’t know if this will help….”

“Don’t worry. People will come to help you soon.”

“Pardon?”

“They’ll be here soon. Hehehe!”

When Hak-soo Lee notified the school that he would bring in a gun, the school was in an uproar trying to stop him.

Hak-soo Lee sent Se-joon to school armed. Of course, there were no bullets, for safety’s sake. But the fact that he was carrying a gun was a serious problem.

“No entry.”

The guards naturally rushed at Lee Se-joon with fire in their eyes as he approached. Park Do-joon, standing there as if he were a bodyguard, frowned at them.

“What are you doing?”

“You can’t come in armed.”

“Doesn’t the Constitution guarantee the right to bear arms?”

“This is a school.”

“At the same time, it is a lawless zone that neglects student safety.”

“It’s just a small squabble.”

“Then a school shooting breaks out.”

Lee Se-joon had nothing to say. He wanted to do anything as long as he wasn’t being beaten at school.

Park Do-joon stepped in and talked to them.

The guards, pushed back by Park Do-joon’s argument, blocked him unconditionally.

“Absolutely not.”

“Is that so?”

Park Do-joon looked around and sneered as he looked at the students arriving for school.

“This is clearly racial discrimination, right?”

“What?”

“Why are we the only ones who can’t go to school when other students are just going to school?”

“Because other students are not armed.”

“We are bringing it with us with the promise that we will use it only within our right to self-defense. Does that mean that other students can bring in guns, drugs, or whatever they want without being checked?”

“That’s not true.”

“Then, for safety reasons, we need to check the luggage of all other students.”

“That’s not allowed.”

‘I guess so.’

The United States is extremely sensitive about individual freedom and human rights. So searching a student’s bag is out of the question. Searching a student’s bag like in a Korean school?

Maybe that teacher would be fired that day. To search a student’s bag, there must be evidence of a clear criminal act, a warrant, or parental consent.

It is absolutely impossible to say, ‘A thief broke in today, so let’s search your bags,’ like in Korea.

“That’s funny.”

And then a logical inconsistency emerges.

“We are reporting that we will arm ourselves for our safety and enter, but that is illegal. Is it legal to secretly bring in weapons or drugs? Isn’t something strange?”

“That’s….”

It’s definitely strange. It’s a system where people who are trying to abide by the law are structurally disadvantaged.

“Still, absolutely not.”

That word from the guard was what Park Do-joon was waiting for.

“I will sue in court.”

“What will change if you sue in court, Senior [older colleague]?” Lee Ji-soo asked, curious.

Filing a lawsuit in court takes a long time, and you don’t know how it will be judged.

“Besides, we don’t have time to wait for that judgment, do we?”

Even though they came to the United States at their own expense, the two are civil servants. They can’t stay that long.

“I know. But the victory or defeat is decided before the trial anyway. At least the Lee Se-joon issue is even more so.”

“Why?”

“I told you before, right? The gun association and its supporters argue, ‘School shootings happen because people are not armed. So we have to arm ourselves, even in schools.’”

“Yes.”

“But why don’t they file a lawsuit while making that claim?”

“Oh? You’re right!”

“They don’t have the qualifications to be a party [someone directly involved in the case].”

You have to be a party to file a lawsuit. You can lobby the US government, but lobbying is unlikely to get approval for arming within the school, and it’s easy to get criticized for advocating arming students.

“This is a very ambiguous issue from the outside.”

In the United States, which has experienced dozens of school shootings, it is not easy to frame this as arming themselves to protect themselves.

“They actually make such claims, but they have never filed a lawsuit.”

“Ah, then maybe…?”

“Yes, this is the first lawsuit. Moreover, this side is a clear victim.”

If a family member of the gun association files such a lawsuit, the media will criticize them. That’s why the gun association and its supporters haven’t been able to sue, because they have no justification for suing themselves.

“But this time, it’s clear that this side is the victim. There’s also quite a bit of evidence that the school neglected its duty to protect him.”

In other words, it is a case that perfectly fits their logic that victims must arm themselves to protect themselves.

“There’s no way they’ll miss this opportunity.”

And as Park Do-joon said, the gun association came to Lee Hak-soo and Jang So-young not long after.

“You’re helping us?”

“Yes. This is a serious social problem. The right to self-defense is an American tradition and spirit, and a right protected by the Constitution. But it is a serious problem that the school is blocking this for its own interests.”

The two were so surprised that their mouths dropped open at the news that they would step in to help, as Park Do-joon had predicted.

Lee Ji-soo, watching from a distance, asked Park Do-joon, “Senior, how did you know?”

“There’s no law that says profiling should only be done on people.”

“Pardon?”

“Like humans, organizations have a direction. The American Gun Association has been trying to sell their weapons, even to the point of making rifles for children.”

“Eek? Rifles for children? Are you kidding me?”

“No, I’m serious. There are actually rifles for children in the United States.”

It’s a method of using small-caliber pistol bullets in a rifle-type rifle to reduce the recoil, but the gun is still a gun.

“There’s no way that guys who make and sell rifles for children, not even teenagers, would miss this opportunity. They’ve been arguing that even students need to be armed to protect themselves, and now the lawsuit has actually happened.”

Of course, they will cling to it to make it a major issue.

“Can we win?”

“Huh? No. We can’t win. The American court won’t allow that unless they’re crazy.”

Otherwise, there will probably be shootings at school every day.

“Maybe this case will end in a settlement.”

“Then isn’t it a loss for the association?”

“It’s not a loss. Why do they make rifles for children in the first place? Do you think it will make money? Not at all.”

It doesn’t even cover the development costs. But the reason they make and sell such things is to familiarize children with guns. If they recognize it as a kind of daily necessity, they will buy it even after they become adults.

“Psychologically, the best marketing strategy is to target minors. People who recognize that the product is helpful to them will buy it even after they become adults.”

“Wow.”

“This lawsuit is the same. The key to this lawsuit is not victory, but the argument that guns are needed to protect oneself. What’s important to them is not taking guns to school, but the idea that ‘even schools are not interested in protecting students.’ Even Grayfin Private School is prestigious. ‘If even prestigious schools are like that, will other schools really try to protect students?’ If they can raise those doubts, it’s a success.”

Since he is not a lawyer, there is no need to focus on the results.

While Park Do-joon was talking, Jang So-young and Lee Hak-soo approached.

“Thank you. As you said, they said they would support all the lawyers and litigation costs.”

“Of course, it won’t last long. You heard that you will lose this lawsuit, right?”

“Yes, but they say that’s enough.”

Of course, they probably offered appropriate compensation without saying it. Give and take. This is the basic foundation of the United States. If they use this lawsuit, they will have to give something out too.

“But I still have to move.”

They can create an issue through the lawsuit, but that doesn’t mean that racial discrimination in this area will disappear. So, in the end, there is no other option but to move.

“Fortunately, there’s no such thing in the East [referring to Korea].”

The problem is money. They have already spent a lot of money here, so they won’t have money to send him to private high school over there, and he will probably have to go to public school.

They aren’t completely broke, but they still have to think about college tuition, so they can’t give all the money to the school.

But Park Do-joon said something unexpected.

Profiling as a Vocation