Model12Win
Moderator
Hello all. Well I'm sure some of you have heard... during a recent police training seminar, a woman was shot and killed on accident by an officer during a shoot/no shoot session. Here is a story:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...tizen-police-academy-lethal-force-simulation/
Now I've seen a lot of questions. Why was the gun loaded? Why didn't the officer check to see if it was loaded before using it? Why did he pull the trigger?
But my question is: why was an actual service pistol used in this training session at all? Why not a blue dummy gun or similar training pistol? Even an airsoft pistol? Is using an actual live service pistol in these types of training scenarios widespread? What makes that superior to using a dummy gun, even a $15 airsoft pistol from Wal-Mart?
It just makes no sense to me that a live handgun was being used for this event, and seems a really bad idea to ever use a real gun for training when said gun will be pointed at other people with trigger manipulation and all.
Thoughts?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...tizen-police-academy-lethal-force-simulation/
Now I've seen a lot of questions. Why was the gun loaded? Why didn't the officer check to see if it was loaded before using it? Why did he pull the trigger?
But my question is: why was an actual service pistol used in this training session at all? Why not a blue dummy gun or similar training pistol? Even an airsoft pistol? Is using an actual live service pistol in these types of training scenarios widespread? What makes that superior to using a dummy gun, even a $15 airsoft pistol from Wal-Mart?
It just makes no sense to me that a live handgun was being used for this event, and seems a really bad idea to ever use a real gun for training when said gun will be pointed at other people with trigger manipulation and all.
Thoughts?