No, I'm back in the US. A friend of mine was mugged, beat up the mugger and chased him off. Called the cops. Then mugger returns with ''friends''. Big scuffle, cops arrive and shoot him, the victim.
I never said blue on blue. There's a problem with LEO's going to the gun any time they feel threatened. Where in the past they'd be more likely to use a club, mace, etc.etc. It coincides with a lack of training, or professional skill, often. It's a scary job, you can't just start slinging lead on a whim.
Think about it. How many unarmed people are being shot? Kids? Victims being shot by the cops they called? Innocent bystanders in the background?
It's becoming an epidemic. I get that less people want to be cops lately, and you get stuck working with some schmucks. But I'm going to get my pistol holstered and back to concealed before they show up.
And I'm sure as heck not going to draw attention to myself. Beat feet and get as much distance as I can . You can deal with the cops minutes later, whenever things are calmer. Everyone looks like a bad guy in a gunfight, when the fuzz shows up.
A yellow Miss America pageant sash isn't going to prevent that. It sucks, but I have no confidence that more than half the Leo's out there, are going to figure that one out under stress.
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Another anecdotal story. Reporter in a near by local pre court hearing room at the courthouse, kind of setting, is a bit of a known trouble maker. Officer in the room lets him know that there's no cameras allowed and calmly takes the camera away.
Reporter goes ape, cold cocks the officer. The other officer is 3 feet away and incoming. Officer 1, ducked, now getting popped on top the head, draws his pistol and start spraying lead nearly taking out the other officer and two ladies in the court.
Sure he was getting beat enough to warrant it, but the correct choice was to withstand that until his help, only two seconds away could jump in. Oddly, nobody was hurt. Just another example where a pistol just isn't the magic problem solver that people think it is.