[2ndDivisionVet]

So you’ve never been in anything like that situation, huh? “Run away or take cover” you say? Wow. Reminds me of those people who tell rape victims to pee themselves, claim a venereal disease or tell the rapist they’re in menses.

[familyop]

"So you’ve never been in anything like that situation, huh? “Run away or take cover” you say? Wow. Reminds me of those people who tell rape victims to pee themselves, claim a venereal disease or tell the rapist they’re in menses."

I've seen pools of criminal pride in quite a few places.

[familyop]

"So you’ve never been in anything like that situation, huh?"

I've spared the lives of a few grown men who were using deadly force and the bones of many who were using less than deadly force (duties, legal jobs).

A little exercise would do many young men of duty a lot of good. Say, a requirement of prior enlisted initial combat specialty service and ten hours or so maintenance per week each and ongoing for the duration of careers. More range work including fire and maneuver wouldn't hurt either (practice using cover for real instead of standing tall behind short barriers).

There was a time, when at least some police avoided shooting even grown men who did nothing more than having a revolver in their hand without pointing it. And those police were only beginning to carry double action revolvers.

If our country is getting more dangerous, it's time that we acknowledged the reason for it (moral bankruptcy, divorce/cohabitation, fatherlessness, etc.). There won't be any real solutions until then.