the only "Idiotic" thing about the statement is calling it idiotic. the LE already has the power of law, they also have multitudes of non-lethal ways to subdue someone.
i would suggest if your friend is pulling on someone every night. that he is especially one of the SOBs that need limiting. hopefully an armed citizen will not have to protect themselves from him.
if you took away the kill licenses that LE enjoy. the death by firearm would be cut in half
You're drawing some false assumptions from my post. One being, that "breaking leather on a regular basis" means "every night." Second, that he is aggressive and is an "SOB who needs limiting." Both couldn't be further from the truth. He is one of the most reasonable, non-aggressive people I know.
Prior to beginning his undergraduate he was also a police officer. In fact, he was a sworn officer throughout all four years of college with his current department. But he opted NOT to bring his service firearm or any firearm to school. He deemed it "unnecessary."
We were roommates in a portion of our undergrad, and throughout college he was always the individual mitigating situations when arguments escalated. He was excellent at mediating verbal arguments between people, partly in credit to his ability to read and emphasize with others well. His ability to "seek to understand" and his overall communications skills landed him almost unanimously president of our fraternity. In the summers between college he worked as a bouncer. The club staff used him as a proactive approach to disarming arguments between patrons. He'd simply buy one of the patrons a beer and "talk out" the impending argument.
Besides the social aspect of being a mediator he is also very prudent as a person. Our college was in the midwest, which consistently sees harsh driving conditions throughout the winters. In one instance it was sleeting and I was driving down the highway, him in the passenger seat. I was already driving a good 25-20MPH below the 55MPH speed limit, about 50% of the vehicles would pass us. It was slow, but not too slow that I was impeding traffic and causing a hazard myself. However, he suggested "maybe I go a little slower, in case there's some black ice."
How did this translate to his professional conduct? When he was an officer before starting undergrad the department was in a very safe county. He told me he NEVER had to draw his firearm, even once. In fact, in one instance a suspect started pushing him. Given his non-aggressive nature he radioed for backup and his backup and he de-escalated the situation rather than him trying to fend it off with a weapon alone.
Now, after undergrad he is in a district of Chicago that is known to be difficult at the least. Thus, if he tells me he has to "break leather" on a regular basis, and his squad has gotten shot at, I have every reason to believe that at face value. If he were "limited" anymore as you are suggesting, he may not survive in his current patrols.
So I maintain, your original statement is idiotic and your view is equally as brazen and shortsighted when you try to draw these all-encompassing statements.