This is NOT cop bashing, but...

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...I was just watching cops and a guy had accidently discharged a NAA Mini revolver. It was kind of funny. Watching the three different officers try to disassemle the little revolver was like watching a dog to try to use a laptop. They had no clue what it was or how to break it down. :D
 
out of most LEOs realms

Most cops really aren't gun folks. They just happen to carry one and (hopefully) practice with it as part of their job. Thus, anything not of the duty weapon persuasion is out of their realm of expertise. I found all of this to be very odd when getting into LE earlier this year. I figured EVERYBODY at the academy would have been into guns. I was shocked to learn around 20% of my classmates had never shot a firearm. I was even more shock when a retired Marine who was in my class had a ND on the range......FROM AN 870!!!!!

Nothing like a 12 gauge slug hitting concrete to wake everyone up!!!
 
...I was just watching cops and a guy had accidently discharged a NAA Mini revolver. It was kind of funny. Watching the three different officers try to disassemle the little revolver was like watching a dog to try to use a laptop. They had no clue what it was or how to break it down.
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Maybe you should go into law enforcement, then you can impart all of your expert knowledge to the rank and file. Or you can just continue to watch the "reality" shows and talk **** on the interweb.
Hmmm, I wonder what you'll choose.....
 
Do you mean "take it apart" or just take the cylinder out to unload it? But yes, I guess cops aren't armorers generally. But people who are suited to being redhats don't necessarily have the temperament to be cops. Cops carry guns, but it's not a gun job.
 
Watching the three different officers try to disassemle the little revolver was like watching a dog to try to use a laptop. They had no clue what it was or how to break it down.
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And why would they or should they? Perhaps you would like to fund all the officers in your state to attend a 2-day course where they could learn to safely load, unload, and dissassemble every firearm that has ever been made. Geez.
 
attend a 2-day course where they could learn to safely load, unload, and dissassemble every firearm that has ever been made. Geez.
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2-days wouldn't be enough for almost anybody. Gunsmiths being one of the exceptions.
 
Maybe you should go into law enforcement, then you can impart all of your expert knowledge to the rank and file. Or you can just continue to watch the "reality" shows and talk **** on the interweb.
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And maybe you should learn a little about the person you are talking to before running your mouth. :)
 
PBP,
I'm new to the forum, enjoy your posts and read some of your past posts before writting this.
You knew what you were doing when you started this thread, you knew what the response would be when you took a "leak" in the campfire. Seems like you need to ride this one out and eat the feed-back on this one.:barf:
Just can't figure out the reason you started this:confused:, the thread has no positive value.

Don't get angry at me:eek:
 
This type of incident should not be surprising to anyone who has thought it thru. Coppers separate folks who can't have guns from guns they can't have 100s of times a day. All kinds of guns in all kinds of conditions. Rusted, corroded, heavily altered, safeties removed and so on.

The thing to remember is that not only are these brave folks charged with separating the gun from the person, they must render it safe to the public. To actually expect anyone to know how to SAFELY download every possible weapon on the street is I think rather foolish:p.

I once grabbed a RG revolver from a young man who was waving it around in a restaurant. Once the young man was in cuffs, I tried like hell to get the damm thing open, for some reason I could not, and finally used a cable tie to make it as safe as possible until I got it back to the station house.

And FALPhil
Great idea. It sure beats working for a living.
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The job is tougher than you think.
 
Hirlau-why does it matter? I dont understand why you posted to tell him that. That works both ways.

Anyway, I enjoy watching cops and half the time, they have no idea what they are doing.
 
I have to admit that there have been episodes of COPS in which an officer is just trying to clear a weapon and is fumbling around with it enough to make me nervous. When I say fumbling I'm including watching the muzzle of the firearm track across passing traffic and people. Granted police officers are not weapons "experts" but sometime it's hard not to "grit ones teeth" while they're handling an obviously unfamiliar firearm.
 
Hey SmallGame,
Shouldn't you be in bed now? Don't you have to be in school in a few hours, son? :(
Listen to your teachers;)
 
didnt that officer acidently shoot that kid in the back in san francisco a few days ago? i seen many news cast were leo weapons go off acidently. one were a swt team was getting ready to enter a hose one guy shoots the other in the back with a 12 guage. goes to show that even if its your own weapon your never to familiar with it.
 
I enjoy watching cops and half the time, they have no idea what they are doing.
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Jeez Matt, for an 18 year old police science student it sounds like you're way ahead of those coppers on "Cops" already. In 2 or 3 years when you start your career maybe they'll just hire you as a Captain.
 
You also have to understand that when the "Cops" on that show do everything right it doesn't make good TV and won't air. The bad thing is that it leaves the viewer with the impression that it represents a typical day.

It's a TV show which is produced for entertainment purposes and nothing else. If you want more true to life TV watch CSI :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
 
I believe on one episode of "Cops", one cop broke a front panel of glass into a house thinking it was on fire. It wasnt and it was another house on the block. Yes, very good judgement on a police officer, huh? He CLEARLY knows what hes doing.
 
PBP +1

...and post some gun porn :D model 66 snubby please:D...but really it is hard to protect the public if you can't secure a rouge weapon safely...and my sister is a LEO...still wouldn't want any of my weapons handled carelessly by someone who " is lacking knowledge":p
 
And maybe you should learn a little about the person you are talking to before running your mouth.
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Well, I see that you're a 42 y/o, 6ft, 200lb, liberal, tree hugging, animal loving, gun toting republican that has a thing for cartoons and comic books, the Punisher, Wonder Woman, and Disney characters in particular. You live on Handsome Street, in The Land of Manly Men, have a cat and little dogs, and like to dress up like a cowboy. I'm sure I've probably missed a few things but what I've seen paints an interesting picture.

So, now that I've learned a little about you, what was your point about me running my mouth?
 
This is NOT cop bashing, but...
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Actually, it is. Most cops use a gun only as a tool on the job. Some never fire their weapon except at the range once a year to qualify. They don't have the passion for handguns some civilians have. It's simply the means to an end.

Now, you go get the latest issue of Gun Digest Buyer's Guide and browse through it for a couple of hours. Probably close to a hundred different brands of guns and each gun has several models. You expect a street cop to know how to safe each one? I've seen some brands with more levers and buttons than the bridge of the Enterprise. I've watched gun shop employees fumble with a gun they have for sale - and they should be well acquainted what they have in their display case.

Oh, can YOU take a gun you've never seen, under the adrenaline rush of just having taken it off a BG, standing by your car hood, in the illumination of a flashlight, and make it safe like you're Sam Colt? I think not.

Lighten up.
 
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