I was in the medical field but worked with the Army for 7 years (twice with the 2nd Rangers). I retired and worked with security forces manning the gates and friends with a lot of the cops. They only had to live fire once a year, carried every work day, and had to qualify before deploying.
My primary weapon was the M9 (9mm for those that are not familiar) but would qualify once a year and before deployments also.
1991 Desert Storm I didn't carry anything as I was in the northern mountains taking care of the Kurds, we had good security protecting us and I was to young to know any better.
2003 Afghanistan M9, carried every place I went.
2005 Iraq M9, not always loaded.
My point is why does DHS have to qualify every month and the US military once a year if not expecting combat???? Makes you wonder what they are preparing for.
Maybe the military should qualify MORE then not DHS less.... its one of those negative arguments like "well we can't so they shouldn't be able to either". As opposed to positive argument "they can so we should too". Does that make sense?
Personally, if you carry a gun whether your a medic, infantry, cop, MP, admin, I don't care... you should be proficient and shoot as much as possible.
I agree on the annual qualification for the military, as I said most years that's all my unit would do too. But I'll also be the first to say we should shoot ALOT more. We have infantry guys in my company that can't qualify in paper. Why? Because they get 2 days a year to shoot. (On average year). So a RIFLEMAN.... can't qualify with his rifle.. bad idea. Same with MPs.. we've run ranges for then and some can't hit the broad side of the barn.
Again.... we all need MORE range time not less. Especially cop shops. We only qualify once a year. I'm given 100 RDS a year to practice. That's it. The rest I buy. If you carry a gun and are expected to discharge said firearm in the defense of yourself or others then you should be a great shot. Not average.. not ok I get a couple RDS on target taking my time at the range.... but a real good one. Its sad how little we are required to shoot and even worse how few guys shoot on their own.
If DHS has guys on our city streets with guns that may potentially have to use said gun around us, then the question should be why aren't they at the range more?
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