>a trained shot doesn't waste ammunition.
>
>and no i have no idea what it's like to fire on someone with a
>weapon pointed at me or while i'm being fired on, but i am not
>a police officer and i want police officers to be much better
>than me.


i think this gun requirement is pretty extreme
how about look at the guidelines that are already in place before you go making new laws
even if someone could pass the Army's req's for gun handling the still be a HORRIBLE shot in an adrenaline filled intense moment

you're talking about "wasting ammo" them boys in iraq just be flying through hundreds of rounds hitting nothing.
complete war zone.
these black men that have been killed lately have had no more than a clip emptied into them
take mike brown, darren wilson fired how many shots and hit MB how many times, and from what distance?

rather than all this SEAL Team Six weapons training, I'd like to see more training on the psychological/mental front
like, having the officers process the situation better UP TO THE POINT of them pulling out their weapon

the cop that shot Oscar Grant in the back, no amount of the type of weapons handling training you're speaking of would fix that.
Wouldn't have saved Tamir Rice neither.

These cops need to learn how to properly assess a situation.


>better than me would be not having to nearly empty
>your clip in someone because you think they might have a
>weapon. cause if they actually did have that weapon there's a
>good chance they might be a better shot than the officers.


criminals shooting better than cops???
http://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2013/10/29/why-gang-members-cant-shoot-straight/ideas/nexus/