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I'm confused. Are you saying that you are expecting more weapon proficiency from a civilian than a professional law enforcer?
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I meant the exact opposite. I wouldn't want the skills police officers have to be held in the same regard as anyone else. I expect them to be much better than a civilian at their job, especially when it comes to wielding a firearm.
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Could you give me feedback on the situations I detailed earlier? After much thought, I think these are realistic expectations to real life situations.
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Why don't we just take it as the fact I live in Vancouver, Canada - and you live in the U.S.
For example, Police here don't shoot to kill, for one. They shoot to wound, because they want the person to stand trial, not die.
It's maybe not that I'm twisting my entire idea of the scenario itself, but rather the scenario itself is not likely to happen here.
Breaking and entering, of course that happens. But if you have an alarm, they
always run away. I can't remember the last time I read a story that happened around here of someone going into a house, ignored the alarm and murdered a family. Or even someone who broke into an alarm-less house and murdered anyone for that matter.
I don't even remember the last time I read a story that happened around here where someones house got broken into and they all got raped.
The beauty of Canada, is that since guns are illegal, people who break and enter don't have them the
vast majority of the time. The gangs have the guns, and they don't deal with B&E's. They deal with drugs and other gang-related things.
So as I said, it's not that I'm twisting my view of the scenario, it's that the scenario of someone breaking into your house armed with a gun and malicious intent isn't likely to happen around here.