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Originally Posted by competentone
And police officers have ended up dead because they pulled a weapon with a manual safety and forgot to release the safety because of the stress they were experiencing.
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And cops have died because their gun got taken away and it had no safety. (Conversely, cops have
not died because their sidearm
did have a manual safety.)
And people have died because cops have accidentally shot them.
And cops have accidentally shot themselves.
A manual safety removes 90% of that. If that cops sidearm had a manual safety, the chances of this happening are much smaller, as it would require another layer of stupidity entirely for the cop to defeat the "Dont kill innocents" switch and still shoot the guy anyway.
With the exception of the M-11 sidearm and mortar tubes, i think every single weapons system in the US military has a manual safety(or arm switch). From the M-9, to the the M-14/25, the M-16, to the M-240 GPMG and M-249 SAW to the M-2 HMG all the way up to the 120mm gun on an M-1 Abrams. My firearms all have them too. I trust my training and common sense to remember to remove my safety, much as i trust my training to remember to draw my gun...
The training of the average US cop is at least as good as the training of the
average US soldier.
Seriously, any attempts to justify this event are just mind boggling. Not accidentally shooting the subdued and prostrate citizenry in the back (after unjustifiably presenting your weapon to begin with) is a bare minimum standard to be able to expect our cops to adhere too....don'tcha think?