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Just to niggle a little, there are many, many jobs within a police department that do not require you to carry a gun. In fact, there are many jobs in uniform where carrying a weapon are not necessary or required. Someone who wanted to belong to the police department but didn't want to carry a gun could still do so. However, there are many industries where you simply cannot work in any capacity if you do not join a union. Take Hollywood for example. You simply cannot make movies in Hollywood without belonging to some sort of union. Heck, I don't think you can even pick up trash off the back lots without joining the "Backlot Trash Pickers Union". It simply cannot be done.
You can make movies without being in a union. Indy films do it all the time.
Youtube is full of people who do it. Where's the issue? Just because the odds of it being succesful are dramaticaly reduced doesn't mean ****, the choice is there.
This comes back to my claim about nobody havign a right to a specific job.