Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: NYC: Empire State Shooting: ALL bystanders were shot by police [View all]krispos42
(49,445 posts)NYPD cops, being generally urban people born, raised, and living in an urban environment, don't. Because, yanno, all those urban citizens are just so civilized that they eschew guns and the gun lifestyle that I've heard so much about.
Face it... you may prefer to live around gun-disliking, civilized people in your day-to-day life. Doubtless you feel safer in a city that does not issue CCW permits than living in a city where 1 or 2 or 5% of the people you're walking with may be carrying concealed.
But when the shit goes down and guns are being fired, you want the cop pulling the trigger to do more than do the bare minimum. You want the cop to practice regularly, on his own time, above and beyond what the department requires. You want the cop shooting to protect the public to be the guy who likes going action pistol shooting like IPSC, IDPA, and CAS. The guy that can disassemble his gun without thinking about it, and reassemble it just as quickly.
Do you think the NYPD rank-and-file spends time going to IDPA shoots? Going cowboy action shooting? Unlikely!