Lesh
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So now you argue that a high level of training is what’s needed on cases like this?This is all true. "Shoot, move, communicate".
But, you are still resisting addressing the point I questioned you about.
It doesn't matter what weapon this shooter used. The OP is false. AR15, lever action rifle, bolt action rifle...these guys weren't going in...because there are many pistol rounds that will defeat soft body armor.
5.7x28mm comes to mind, as does 7.62x25mm.
Anybody can search the internet and find a list.
And 9mm skips off of concrete better than 5.56mm.
Just tell the OP that she is wrong.
That these police weren't going in against any armed resistance.
Bureaucracy, fear and indecision locked these officers into an infinite loop of self doubt.
That is WHY soldiers train. You know what to do, you do it.
These officer trained half-assed, thought it would never happen to them, and didn't know what to do when it DID happened.
Complacency is a killer.
Nothing happens, nothing happens, nothing happens, nothing happens, year after year...soon you stop taking the threat seriously, then you stop taking the training seriously. And that's a recipe for disaster.
That's what happened here IMO.
It used to be anyone with a gun .. rent a cops… good guys with guns..
I guess your argument depends on what day of the week it is