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<blockquote data-quote="JR777" data-source="post: 3618002" data-attributes="member: 45725"><p>I think it's definitely important for law enforcement to decondition themselves to equate gun with bad guy. Not just in a shots fired scenario, but in general. I feel like there's this mentality where the average person thinks anyone in street clothes with a gun is automatically the bad guy. Hell, many departments have even trained that way for a long time, where they have these targets with people in street clothes holding different items like cell phones, hair dryers, etc. But everybody holding a gun gets shot. Horrible training. And they also treat people differently if they have a gun, even if they're not doing anything wrong. More than a few carriers have ended up cuffed at gunpoint for merely having a gun during a traffic stop, and that has to end.</p><p></p><p>At the same time, friendly fire is always going to be a possibility, and not just for law enforcement, but also for armed civilians trying to shoot their way to safety. Could easily look like multiple gunmen and confuse the hell out of everyone. It's happened before, and it's going to happen again. But that's a risk well worth taking. When that happens, usually only one person dies, vs. an unchallenged mass shooter who might rack up dozens of kills before police arrive. We can't let the media throw the baby out with the bathwater. The same has happened with the same frequency to off duty and undercover cops, and nobody for one second has ever suggested making them go unarmed off duty. They know the risk and accept it, as do we, and everyone is safer for it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JR777, post: 3618002, member: 45725"] I think it's definitely important for law enforcement to decondition themselves to equate gun with bad guy. Not just in a shots fired scenario, but in general. I feel like there's this mentality where the average person thinks anyone in street clothes with a gun is automatically the bad guy. Hell, many departments have even trained that way for a long time, where they have these targets with people in street clothes holding different items like cell phones, hair dryers, etc. But everybody holding a gun gets shot. Horrible training. And they also treat people differently if they have a gun, even if they're not doing anything wrong. More than a few carriers have ended up cuffed at gunpoint for merely having a gun during a traffic stop, and that has to end. At the same time, friendly fire is always going to be a possibility, and not just for law enforcement, but also for armed civilians trying to shoot their way to safety. Could easily look like multiple gunmen and confuse the hell out of everyone. It's happened before, and it's going to happen again. But that's a risk well worth taking. When that happens, usually only one person dies, vs. an unchallenged mass shooter who might rack up dozens of kills before police arrive. We can't let the media throw the baby out with the bathwater. The same has happened with the same frequency to off duty and undercover cops, and nobody for one second has ever suggested making them go unarmed off duty. They know the risk and accept it, as do we, and everyone is safer for it. [/QUOTE]
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