[Teotwawki]

As someone with a CCL, I will be held criminally and civilly liable for ever round I fire. Cops, not so much. Why do we hold the police to a lower standard than we do CCL holders?

[Rodentking]

Because the gene pool is lower?

[Old Sarge]

Why do we hold the police to a lower standard than we do CCL holders?

Because you're an evil white knucle-dragging hetero-breeder Bible-thumper and you're RAAAAAcist.

That's why. And don't you forget it.

[EXCH54FE]

Just a question: can I go into this cops backyard and shoot his dog???

[SkyDancer]

The court would say “Well his heart was in the right place, accidents will happen. Next case >bang<”

[Fido969]

What a world. Mailmen have more guts than cops do, nowadays.

[PGR88]

Maybe the 4 year old was threatening him. You know, with a plastic toy or a smelly diaper.

[donna]

Why do we hold the police to a lower standard than we do CCL holders?

Will you come to my house and save me from the meth-head holding a gun to my head demanding a fix?

[Fido969]

Gee looking at those photos, it looks like white-trash city.

[ChildOfThe60s]

I thought the first piece on this a few days ago said the dog was on a leash.

Or was that another one. I’m losing count of the canine homicides.

Also, ditto to another poster. Why am I, as a CCDW holder held to a higher standard with a gun than a (supposedly) well trained LEO is held to?

[G Larry]

“Charging dog” my @$$!

The dog was barking!

Cops have been taught its ok to shoot barking dogs, so they do.

No “threat” is necessary.

[MrEdd]

We used to demand police officers be tough enough to take a dog bite and subdue the dog.

[Bullish]

This shoot first policy with family house pets has got to stop. Who and what the hell do these cops think they are?

Are they that big of babies that they can’t deal with a little hose pet without shooting them? Now they miss and shoot a little kid? This makes me sick.

[cork]

I have said this many time on here. When I go to the range and there are LEO’s there I leave. They must not have ever been trained on firearm safety.

[Talisker]

Why do we hold the police to a lower standard than we do CCL holders?

Because shut up - or do you want more attention?

[Neidermeyer]

Because as government employees we just can’t expect better than DMV level sensibilities out of them.

[Sherman Logan]

May I note that they apparently also often see little alternative but to shoot a charging man. Cops in other countries routinely succeed in subduing people who get physical without shooting them.

Here, not so much.

I have no problem with cops shooting armed people who attack them. Routinely shooting unarmed people, I do have a problem.

[joethedrummer]

Wait...

If he MISSED the dog, thus hitting the child...

Did the bad old dog then KILL him???

No???

So. His life was NOT in any peril after all, huh???

THROW THIS CLOWN IN PRISON.

[TalBlack]

Why do we hold the police to a lower standard than we do CCL holders?

We didn’t used to. A cop doing this 40 yrs ago even without hitting a person would have been fired.

Feminization of the job.

[Altariel]

Note that this evil, clearly dangerous animal, despite the fact that its young mistress was shot, did *not* in fact, harm or threaten the officer.

[eyedigress]

Do not call the police for anything.