First let's take a look at how people in NY react to a dangerous situation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f-bLxIJiVA&feature=player_embedded
Hmmm. I can't imagine how in a city of over 8 million people who apparently like nothing more than to put themselves in the middle of a dangerous situation, someone who wasn't an intended target could get shot. I mean, in the movies whenever someone is shooting they never miss so how could it possible happen in real life?
Training. Bloomberg, like the vast majority of politicians across the country has absolutely no clue what constitutes training, particularly quality firearms training. These types of shootings are not uncommon for the NYPD. I'm not flaming the officers but when you work for an agency which allows you to go to the range and shoot one or two qualifications a year, how could anyone possibly expect a different outcome? Shooting 30 or 60 rounds a year is not training. It will not improve weapon skills. It will not sustain weapon skills. Most NYPD officers are not regularly trained with firearms which is why they shoot an extremely high number of rounds and get precious few hits onto their targets.
Anyone ever stop for a minute to consider the last time we had a shooting like this in Indianapolis? Been a long, long time. Anyone want to know why? Training. Our officers have spent 16 hours a year at firearms training for years, they fire approximately 500 rounds a year whether they like guns or not. We don't have situations like this here because of training.
With the current budget limitations there are some who have set their sights on the money that could be saved by eliminating firearms training and moving backward 20 years to simply shooting a couple of qualifications a year. If that happens you can expect to see some NYPD style shootings here in Indianapolis. Stand by and brace for impact.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f-bLxIJiVA&feature=player_embedded
Hmmm. I can't imagine how in a city of over 8 million people who apparently like nothing more than to put themselves in the middle of a dangerous situation, someone who wasn't an intended target could get shot. I mean, in the movies whenever someone is shooting they never miss so how could it possible happen in real life?
Training. Bloomberg, like the vast majority of politicians across the country has absolutely no clue what constitutes training, particularly quality firearms training. These types of shootings are not uncommon for the NYPD. I'm not flaming the officers but when you work for an agency which allows you to go to the range and shoot one or two qualifications a year, how could anyone possibly expect a different outcome? Shooting 30 or 60 rounds a year is not training. It will not improve weapon skills. It will not sustain weapon skills. Most NYPD officers are not regularly trained with firearms which is why they shoot an extremely high number of rounds and get precious few hits onto their targets.
Anyone ever stop for a minute to consider the last time we had a shooting like this in Indianapolis? Been a long, long time. Anyone want to know why? Training. Our officers have spent 16 hours a year at firearms training for years, they fire approximately 500 rounds a year whether they like guns or not. We don't have situations like this here because of training.
With the current budget limitations there are some who have set their sights on the money that could be saved by eliminating firearms training and moving backward 20 years to simply shooting a couple of qualifications a year. If that happens you can expect to see some NYPD style shootings here in Indianapolis. Stand by and brace for impact.
