Re: Not always joking, it seems

David Friedman <ddfr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
news:ddfr-B5ADAA.12005219022008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 

> In article <2VCuj.9964$XI.2178@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>  Jette <bosslady@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>> Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy wrote:
>> 
>> > We have real life data on that, as well. Cops aren't very
>> > good shots. They're not trained to more than a minimal
>> > proficiency with their firearms, since training time is very
>> > limited and expensive, and it is preferred to train them to
>> > avoid the need to shoot entirely. Ordinary people who legally
>> > carry, however, seem to generally be much more proficient in
>> > the actual use of their firearms - they're better shots - and
>> > seem to be very, very cautious about actually using them -
>> > more so than cops, in many places.
>> > 
>> 
>> You really do talk a whole load of rubbish, don't you?
> 
> He does, but I'm not sure this is an example.
> 
> A policeman who shoots the wrong person by accident is a lot
> less likely to get into serious trouble than a civilian who
> does, at least in the U.S.

And most certainly, gun owners are taught that.

> and I suspect in many other places,
> so one would expect sensible civilians, at least, to be more
> cautious about using firearms than even sensible cops.
> 
And, again, the average ccw permit holder practices quite a bit 
more than the average cop, and is a better shot.

-- 
Terry Austin

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