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It's not a matter of training, it's a matter of doctrine. American police training is a lot more gun-oriented than foreign police training because Americans own
by JoeyBananas 4y ago
It's not a matter of training, it's a matter of doctrine. American police training is a lot more gun-oriented than foreign police training because Americans own more guns. Also, the laws dictating when it is legal to use deadly force are different.
You have to account for the differences in the freedom vs. safety trade-off.
- defrost 4y agoIt's entirely due to training and approach to use of force. Police in the US kill civilians at a rate of 20x that of police in the UK. It's due to a culture of violence and one arguably made worse since the 1970s when the US NRA became more of a marketing arm of US gun sellers and less of a gun club promoting responsible gun handling and safety. > the freedom vs. safety trade-off. < ROFLMAO > Never ceases to amaze hearing seppos spout that one.
- JoeyBananas 4y ago> It's entirely due to training and approach to use of force. Yes, but the law is the reason why the training is what it is. The police don't make the law, so police shootings are not a policing problem. Policing = enforcement of the law. You can argue America should be a nanny state and the 2A shouldn't exist but you'll be laughed out of the room The NRA has very little to do with any of this. The NRA never aimed to fix drug problems or mental illness, it's a private organization of responsible gun owners