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Could you pull the trigger?
originally posted by: WhateverYouSay
The fact they train on little girls with real rifles means they're more conditioned to fire on kids with fake guns. Their training is the reason we have such a problem.
originally posted by: Noncents
I wonder how many times this type of situation has actually arisen. Is it even remotely common for younger kids to break out of the car unexpectedly armed, actually pulling the trigger themselves then not being so scared that they drop the gun?
I doubt it. I really doubt it.
I think this is actually desensitizing the cops to make it easier to justify killing kids.
Unless there's numbers to back up this type of situation I think it's a horrible training scenario.
originally posted by: Shamrock6
Two West Memphis cops were killed when a teenage son jumped out of a car they had pulled over while they were talking to his father and opened fire on them.
originally posted by: Shamrock6
originally posted by: Noncents
I wonder how many times this type of situation has actually arisen. Is it even remotely common for younger kids to break out of the car unexpectedly armed, actually pulling the trigger themselves then not being so scared that they drop the gun?
I doubt it. I really doubt it.
I think this is actually desensitizing the cops to make it easier to justify killing kids.
Unless there's numbers to back up this type of situation I think it's a horrible training scenario.
Two West Memphis cops were killed when a teenage son jumped out of a car they had pulled over while they were talking to his father and opened fire on them. It happens.
The point of training is to expose somebody to as many circumstances as they can be exposed to. The overwhelming majority of cops aren't ever going to shoot anybody, but people would # a brick if the mentality was "well you probably won't ever have to do this so we're not gonna train for it."
originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
originally posted by: Shamrock6
originally posted by: Noncents
I wonder how many times this type of situation has actually arisen. Is it even remotely common for younger kids to break out of the car unexpectedly armed, actually pulling the trigger themselves then not being so scared that they drop the gun?
I doubt it. I really doubt it.
I think this is actually desensitizing the cops to make it easier to justify killing kids.
Unless there's numbers to back up this type of situation I think it's a horrible training scenario.
Two West Memphis cops were killed when a teenage son jumped out of a car they had pulled over while they were talking to his father and opened fire on them. It happens.
The point of training is to expose somebody to as many circumstances as they can be exposed to. The overwhelming majority of cops aren't ever going to shoot anybody, but people would # a brick if the mentality was "well you probably won't ever have to do this so we're not gonna train for it."
Stories like this are why some of us think you guys are nuts. Teenagers with weapons, not only that trained to use them and taught to hate cops . Unreal.