Is the information good?Aside from the slightly flawed logic, the information is good and the statistics tell the true story.
police officers receive hours of training on firearms and carry one for a living and should be much more proficient with their weapon than the average civilian don't you agree?
Its hard to say and very difficult to find exact numbers but it is more than one and one is too many. Its not like the police keep an easy to read web page showing the bad shoots.
Google "unjustified police shootings" and see what you come up with. Or google "bystander shot by police"
This is my favorite: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/23/n...ice-near-empire-state-building-sues.html?_r=0
16 shots fired at one man but the highly trained police officers hit 9 innocent people. Good shoot'n Tex!
Stop comparing criminal or reckless shoots by armed civilians to police officers. police officers receive hours of training on firearms and carry one for a living and should be much more proficient with their weapon than the average civilian don't you agree?
Probably doesn't matter much to the person catching the bullet. Is the fact you chose to carry a gun with insufficient training or proficiency really the defense you want to go with?
I agree wholeheartedly but unfortunately not everyone does. The State of Indiana requires a police officer to shoot a passing score on their qualification course exactly one time in their career (during recruit training). After that officers are required to complete two hours of firearms training per year during which the officer is required to fire zero rounds of live ammunition.
I'd like to see every officer in the state required to complete two hours of firearms training per month with at least 100 rounds fired but that takes time and money, something few seem willing to spend.
I didn't say that's what we do, I said that's all that the law requires. We do significantly more than that but not enough in my opinion. The push for more never ends from me.
WE DO...our dept is light years ahead of that. We cannot change the state standard. Our range does a world class job of training.Why don't you and your fellow officers make a push to change this? It would make you safer and the civilians safer.
If I was a LEO and knew the guy covering my 6 with a loaded firearm potential hasn't fired that firearm since basic and that was years ago, I would be extremely nervous. How many times did he just sweep the back of my head with a loaded weapon? Can he control his firing? I would wear a heavy plate on the back side of my vest!
You guys shoot just as many as we do.
I didn't say that's what we do, I said that's all that the law requires. We do significantly more than that but not enough in my opinion. The push for more never ends from me.