sf wrote:
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> On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:13:03 -0700, "graham" > wrote:
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> > >
> > Wasn't there a case not long ago where a guy tried to rob a bar (?in NYC)
> > but didn't know it was where the cops drank? In the resulting shootout,
> > some of the cops were wounded by their colleagues.
> > So much for training, eh?
> >
>
> I remember it as happening a few years ago, but as you say - if cops
> ended up shooting each other, how can we expect better results from
> the general gun toting public?

Pretty simple, the "general gun toting public" trains more than most
cops. Unless on a SWAT team or similar most cops qualify a couple times
a year and little more. This is also backed by the fact that most states
have had concealed carry for many years and it has simply not happened
(I've had a CHL for some 18 years).