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Agent19 wrote:
What standards apply to someone who open carries a gun into a mall? None.
Of course there will be mistakes made by police. Not all are good at what they do and all are human, mistakes will be made. However, like mentioned above, there are factors involved to help decrease the chance of mistakes with such tight policies.
I did not say anything about infringing on the 2A, I just think that there should be a way to mandate training, education, and to make sure people are qualified enough to carry a firearm.
Agent19 wrote:
LEO's undergo an extensive application process including polygraphs, pysch evals, and interviews. Then they go under extensive training in the classroom and field. Every year they are evaluated, train, and qualify with their firearms during the day and at night.NovaCop10 wrote: snipThere are people out there that should not be carrying and incidents like this will result.
Oh,you mean like this idiot that's still patrolling FFX county:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/25/AR2006012502245.html
Training didn't help him or his victim.
Or
Lee Paigewho endangered a room full of school kids.
If we should have to suffer (lose our rights)because someone does something stupid with a gun than LE should suffer (lose their firearms) every time an officer does something stupid with a firearm.
I think the English call them Bobby's.
We could call them booby's here in the U.S., not to be confused with .... well you now what I mean.
What standards apply to someone who open carries a gun into a mall? None.
Of course there will be mistakes made by police. Not all are good at what they do and all are human, mistakes will be made. However, like mentioned above, there are factors involved to help decrease the chance of mistakes with such tight policies.
I did not say anything about infringing on the 2A, I just think that there should be a way to mandate training, education, and to make sure people are qualified enough to carry a firearm.