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There is a reason firearms come with sights and we make cops qualify with their service weapons.

• woodruffw 4y ago
  That qualification hasn't meant much, going by the rate at which police hurt themselves (and innocent members of the public) with their own service weapons.
  • vorpalhex 4y ago
    I agree police should get more training. You will have to fund them more if you want that.
    • deleted 4y ago
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    • woodruffw 4y ago
      At least where I live, giving the police more funding hasn't meaningfully improved their ability to comport themselves. If anything, it's markedly declined over the last 30 years (while their funding hasn't). I think an easier way to make the police more careful with their guns is to limit which cops can carry guns, and to require cops to live in the neighborhoods they police. People tend to be a little more careful with firearms when the stray bullet might hit their friends or family.
      • zbrozek 4y ago
        That could be difficult in places with $8M homes.
        • woodruffw 4y ago
          It occurs to this reader that that's symptomatic of the problem!
    • bombcar 4y ago
      Look up the rates at which a coo draws his duty weapon let alone fires it. And many places offer free range time and many cops don’t even bother.
    • JadeNB 4y ago
      > I agree police should get more training. > You will have to fund them more if you want that. I think nowhere else on Hacker News would the idea that "you're doing so badly at this job that we ought to pay you more to motivate you to do it well" get serious traction.
      • vorpalhex 4y ago
        I didn't say give them a raise. I said fund them.
    • bandyaboot 4y ago
      Maybe they could start by selling all those military toys.