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The "reason" given for this policy is "because badguys will NOT take you seriously if your finger is NOT on the trigger." The English translation of which is: The badguys will disrespect you, (a capital offense, if I ever heard one) if you demonstrate a prudent concern for their lives.

I know that this is absurd and you know that this is absurd. I wonder what the Jury will say?

About $20 Million, I would say.

About $20 Million, I would say.

If it gets that far. The family of the 11-year old boy who was shot in the back by a SWAT team (an "accidental discharge" into the boy's back as he lay face down on his bedroom floor) settled for $450,000 from the Feds.

The "reason" given for this policy is "because badguys will NOT take you seriously if your finger is NOT on the trigger." The English translation of which is: The badguys will disrespect you, (a capital offense, if I ever heard one) if you demonstrate a prudent concern for their lives.

This doesn't surpise me. Perhaps the one size fits all training mentality needs to be modified. There is a big difference between known "badguys" and a couple of kids coming back from the mall. Training agents to wrap the forward joint of their trigger finger around the trigger is asking for trouble. You can be just as ready to fire if your trigger finger is extended, but "feeling" the trigger. Innocent Eagle Scouts will be safer too.