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Originally Posted by Yahoshua

LEOs' usually only fire their weapon in two situations:

-Marksmanship certification
-When using deadly force while on duty

They aren't paid enough to have an interest in accurate marksmanship, which is unfortunate.

And what makes a LEO so magically invincible when compared to other civilians?

*FYI* I see people in 3 categories and 3 categories only: Military, Clergy, Civilian. If you're not active-duty military, or clergy, then you are a civilian. LEOs' are merely civilians who are granted the power to enforce the law, nothing more.

Nothing magic. Nothing invincible either. Police are trained in the use of the weapons they carry. They have to pass a weapons course. Civilians dont have to do any of this, there's no qualification necessary.

Wrong.

You must attend a Concealed Carry education course before you can receive a permit. And you pass the same marksmanship course that the average duty-carry LEOs' do as well.

http://www.packing.org/state/virginia/#stateprocess

http://www.vsp.state.va.us/Firearms_...Concealed.shtm

I like how everyone assumes the best in people's discretion. I am frankly not that optomistic of people's common sense. I mean just look how they drive. I'd say that 160 km/h is pretty dangerous on a highway choked with people on the labour day weekend but that prigg in the Ford F-150 seemed to not care, even though he cut off a semi.

Oh and parents are supposed to be the legal guardians of their children and I see so many brats running sround without supervision destroying fences in my neighbourhood and all in all begging to be run over or kidnapped that I wonder if anyone has a sense of maternity or paternity anymore.

I don't see how a gun is any different from 5000 pounds of steel on a highway or 60 pounds of flesh and blood at a playground.

Besides. How did the witnesses identify the shooter? Well he was the one shooting. Add a dozen or more guns being drawn and you can get pretty confused. Maybe someone shoots at the guy and someone else mistakes him as the shooter cause they don't have a line of sight to the real shooter.

Soldiers kill friendlies all the time in war and they're always trained to be careful with their guns. I don't see how anyone can be so sure of the general population's skill with a gun. People are stupid and reactive and it only takes one moron or one accident to make a bad situation worse.