Looks like some of the cover photos of magazines I see with names like “Weapons and Tactics for Military and Law Enforcement”.
And I remind myself that they are planning on using those on me.
And I am not pleased.
It takes so little to make me happy.
I don't know who "they" are, but I've crossed paths with lots of "donut cops". Their heart is in the right place, but someone in the chain of command is trying to stuff their heads with a "us vs. everyone else" attitude. They personally don't have anything planned except their retirement.
There's an old saying I take comfort in. "Police make bad soldiers, and soldiers make bad police." I've seen both sides of the saying in action, and it's true. I'd make an awful cop, because I probably couldn't go one day without seeing someone who "needed killin'".
The cop's handgun is first a badge of authority. Second, it's a means of defense. It comes in a very poor third as a weapon to take down a bad guy. In Michigan, most CCW holders put in more trigger time with their handguns than police are required to do to maintain their rating.
I will be the first to admit that I just fart around with handguns. I believe in Jeff Cooper's saying, "a handgun is what you use to fight your way back to the rifle you should have never left behind". I try to live my life by three sayings, in decreasing order of important. The Lord's Prayer. The Pledge of Allegiance. The Marine Rifleman's Creed.
The first two require increased spiritual effort on my part. The third just requires that I work on my skills, and my equipment. With that as my philosophy, I really don't worry much. I just get annoyed that I helped pay for a lot of those toys, and they are bestowed upon people who don't have the training or the mindset to use them properly.