NYPD are "trained professionals" when it comes to firearms? Please. Their reputation is abysmal. Does the name "Amadou Diallo" ring a bell?

One of my shooting acquaintances is a retired firearms trainer for the NYPD. He makes no secret of the fact that firearms training is a low priority for the brass and the rank-and-file officers alike. I have taken classes with NYPD officers. One in particular stands out: he was incapable of reholstering his pistol without getting his shirt-tail stuck in the holster with it. This is not good for many reasons.

Most NYPD officers have no interest in firearms training. They do the bare minimum, which is fine with the bean-counters, who don't want to mandate more advanced training because it's cheaper to pay off the occasional liability case than it is to take officers off the street and put them on the range.

The Glock "NY Trigger" is an abomination: Rather than giving the officers adequate training with their new firearms, the powers-that-be sought a hardware solution, one that renders the weapon virtually impossible to shoot accurately. Earth to NYPD: the revolver generation is gone. Those guys have all retired or moved to desk jobs by now. Most of the new generation of officers have never touched anything but a striker-fired polymer-framed semi-auto. You can dump the 12-pound triggers now.

Trained professionals? It is to fucking laugh. Cling to your illusions if it makes you feel safer.