At least you American's can legally have a conversation about it .Yeah, Britain does a good job with it.
At least you American's can legally have a conversation about it .Yeah, Britain does a good job with it.
Spot on. Better vetting. Better training. Better P.R.Cops don’t need to be disarmed. Better hiring practices are needed. And better training. And consistent oversight.
But that all costs money, and nobody wants to pay for it, so we have what we have.
Spot on. Better vetting. Better training. Better P.R.
And better body cams. Lots of shit gets dished out against the cops which the media completely ignores.
Shots fired at cops- never ends up on the evening news.
Ever.
I'm absolutely in favor of gun control when it comes to illegal guns. I also think people should be able to show receipts for their gun purchase. I also have no problem registering every potential weapon I ever potentially own. I'm a citizen. I have nothing to hide. It's the criminals who hide guns.Careful there. You made an argument for stronger gun control.
No one goes to Walmart to purchase a gun using their identification card or license (the real ID) to go commit a crime. People purchase guns on the street specifically to do crimes with.
In my perfect world, nobody would be able to buy or sell a gun without the transaction being recorded. The only guns that get sold on the street 4 crime are stolen guns or guns that have been imported from another country through Mexico in off and Russia.I have to ask. Would your idea of sensible gun control include a limit on the number of weapons a person can legally buy? I’d hate to see someone with proper ID buy guns at Walmart and sell them on the street, then buy another the next day.
Cops don’t need to be disarmed. Better hiring practices are needed. And better training. And consistent oversight.
But that all costs money, and nobody wants to pay for it, so we have what we have.
I buy all my guns from Destro
I wouldn't have a problem putting money toward more and especially more realistic training.
After academy some cops go through an entire career never firing their guns other than a yearly target qualification.
Police shooting stats are both embarrassing and dangerous as far as hit/miss numbers. Meaning most of their shots miss and go flying at everyone and everything else.
Taking a perfect stance and firing at a still piece of paper on a well lit stress free range is just about worthless as far as training for what happens in actual shootings.
There's all kinds of places you or I can (out of our own pocket) take courses on actual gunfighting. Police should be doing this as a matter of course, paid for.
As it stands now the only ones (outside of maybe swat) who get anything beyond minimal and unrealistic target practice are the ones who are into that and do it on their own time at their own expense.
Some of the training that is needed the most has nothing to do with aiming the weapon, but more with when to use it.
Nobody remembers Tamir Rice, nor cares.