[mad_as_he$$]

1. Most cops today are lousy shots and only shoot to qualify.

2. If you want to make it safer for cops take guns away from cops. Friendly fire in police shootouts is #1 cause of police death.

3. Only the US ARMY (Viet Nam Era)had a poorer body count/number of rounds expended than most police departments.

Reference the Lott/Mustard gun control study.

[Grut]

2. If you want to make it safer for cops take guns away from cops.

If you do this, you really ought to equip each squad car with a Liberal who can plead with armed criminals to surrender before anyone gets hurt.

[hopespringseternal]

Only the US ARMY (Viet Nam Era)had a poorer body count/number of rounds expended than most police departments.

I have seen footage of soldiers hunkered down behind cover firing their M-16s into the air at a 20-30 degree angle.

[donozark]

Yes. but we still managed to kill 20 enemy soldiers for every one we lost. Grim stats. But true... Source:Agence' France, April 1995.