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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw
It’s not training. It’s mistraining. Cops are literally taught to empty their weapons if they perceive a threat, and they are also taught that threats are all around.

I'm retired LEO and military and that's not how we were trained. We were trained to fire two rounds to center mass and then make sure the threat was neutralized and the world around us was a safe place. Every weapons platform has what's called a minimum response. That's the number of rounds you're supposed to fire at a threat. When firing a pistol, two rounds was the minimum response. Never during my LE or military training were we ever instructed to do a mag dump. That used to be Hollywood theatrics, but now it's become the standard for so many officers.

54 posted on 04/03/2024 11:39:24 AM PDT by AlaskaErik (There are three kinds of rats: Rats, Damned Rats, and DemocRats.)
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To: AlaskaErik
We were trained to fire two rounds to center mass and then make sure the threat was neutralized and the world around us was a safe place.

Insurance companies will not insure cities that train the old way. Too many perps were ending up in wheelchairs and getting pushed by their lawyers in front of a jury of their peers to tell their side of the story, resulting in $20 million payouts.

85 posted on 04/04/2024 6:38:27 AM PDT by Reeses
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