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USALiberal

(10,877 posts)
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 03:22 PM Feb 2018

The average cop NEVER fires their gun in the line of duty......

NEVER!

Maybe 1 to 5% of cops fire their weapon at a suspect in 30 years of service.

Hell, in NYC in 2015, with 35,000 cops, they fired their weapons 65 times!! Do the math!

So don’t try to tell me teachers will be prepared to shoot at mass shooters. Cops are trained to do this and are on the job every day and they make many mistakes when interecting with a suspected criminal.

This is beyond silly!

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The average cop NEVER fires their gun in the line of duty...... (Original Post) USALiberal Feb 2018 OP
Great points underpants Feb 2018 #1
The NRA loves to make up danger! Nt USALiberal Feb 2018 #4
There was a video of someone going into exboyfil Feb 2018 #2
In kansas anyone can buy a gun and open carry it if they have.... USALiberal Feb 2018 #3
KNR Lucinda Feb 2018 #5

exboyfil

(17,863 posts)
2. There was a video of someone going into
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 03:43 PM
Feb 2018

a police station and unloading with a pump action shotgun. You can see the confusion and inability to engage this person even with trained professionals and no crowds with a weapon with much less capability for engaging crowds. Some individual officers have gotten lucky, but it is usually when the suspect stops to reload or pause for some reason (Fort Hood I and Dimebag Daryl's shooter).

This shooter did his damage in six minutes. The fact that he tried to also escape probably reduced the body count.

That we allow virtually anyone to walk into a store and walk out with this firepower for under $1000 is just amazing.

USALiberal

(10,877 posts)
3. In kansas anyone can buy a gun and open carry it if they have....
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 03:46 PM
Feb 2018

NEVER fired a gun in their life. Stupid. You cannot drive a car with no training but can carry a gun.
This state is a shithole.

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