An Honest Gun Control Advocate

[Benton]

(12-08-2015, 12:25 PM)fredtoast Wrote:  
The country is having problems with career police officers gunning down people on the streets, and you think it would be a good idea to add 20 million more armed enforcers who are less qualified and trained than police officers?

Yes. And no.

Part of the problem is the training with a significant number of officers. Training and equipment for police officers is moving more and more toward that of the military. Plus, there's a significant number of officers who transition from military service into law enforcement. But it's not the same.

Law enforcement agencies need to be as diverse as their communities. They aren't going in that direction. But maybe they could through the use of more volunteers.

That said, I don't think volunteer officers should be armed with lethal weapons.