I think not carrying one solves all kinds of problems.
That would require hiring LEOs that could actually prevail in a physical confrontation.
I'm not saying you're wrong (you're not), just making an observation.
It might would also require hiring LEOs who had to think a little harder of ways to avoid physical confrontations.
“Even in a contest between man and steer, the issue is not certain.”
If fitness standards returned to an emphasis on strength first, endurance second, and units always rolled up with two individuals instead of one (or worse yet four separate units with one cop each), we'd all be on our way to much better policing.
Not to mention most any less lethal and scenario based training today is about as effective as playing Cops and Robbers in the backyard with your kids.
Come on Dave,
That's way too much common sense for this day and age.
You didn't use logic or reason to get into this opinion, I cannot use logic or reason to get you out of it.
You cannot over estimate the unimportance of nearly everything. John Maxwell
