Britney Uses Protection

Spears was spotted with a couple of armed LAPD officers yesterday as she walked with son Sean Preston and an assistant to and from the Millennium Dance Complex. With her gun-toting pals in tow, the Britster safely made her way into her choreography lesson, sporting some skintight booty shorts, fishnets and her signature cowboy hat. Let's dance, y'all!

Sayonara Paris -- looks like Spears is making the right kind of friends these days.