Cop Killers

"New findings on how offenders train with, carry and deploy the weapons they use to attack police officers have emerged in a just-published, 5-year study by the FBI.

Among other things, the data reveal that most would-be cop killers:

--show signs of being armed that officers miss;

--have more experience using deadly force in "street combat" than their intended victims;

--practice with firearms more often and shoot more accurately;

--have no hesitation whatsoever about pulling the trigger. "If you hesitate," one told the study's researchers, "you're dead. You have the instinct or you don't. If you don't, you're in trouble on the street...."

Researcher Davis, in a presentation and discussion for the International Assn. of Chiefs of Police, noted that none of the attackers interviewed was "hindered by any law--federal, state or local--that has ever been established to prevent gun ownership. They just laughed at gun laws."

And here I was ever so close to buying into the story. Then they tell me that gun laws don't work and that's just stupid because everybody knows they do.

In all seriousness, anyone not aware of any of this information before, need tear themselves away from the boobtube and the likes of Law & Order and get with the program.

Let's summarize:

Bad guys hide their weapons well.
Practice as often as they can
Shoot to kill

Quick, start another study because that one just shook the foundation of the world as we know it. Here's what the real world has to say...

Cop-killers come from easily recognizable ethnic groups. The hoodlums in these groups should always be considered armed and dangerous and the chances are they're younger, and faster and more likely to want to kill you then you want to kill them. That means more determined for those San Franciscan's reading along with the rest of us. They hold nothing dear except street-cred, and view you as a fatass target in the making and would kill you for no other reason than they would like to. Toss out everything some sociologist wanted you to believe and focus upon one thing and one thing only.

Your death would please them and they'll kill you any chance they feel they can get away with it, and sometimes, even when they DON'T think they can get away with it.

Something that DOES make sense...

"The idea that a high heart rate causes a loss of fine motor
skills is a myth. The culprit is fear or anger, not heart
rate per se.

It's true that if you reach a very high heart rate through
physical exertion and are trying to both sight a handgun and
breathe, for example, you may experience some MINOR issues
with fine psychomotor skills. However, keep in mind that
well-trained biathlon athletes fire accurate shots with a
pulse of 180 bpm, and even mediocre sandlot basketball
players under the high pulse rates of a very competitive
game make pretty good shots."

I've been saying this for so long, then stopped trying to fight city hall. Some people actually get better when they're in heat so stop believing that the first time the shit hits the fan you'll fall to pieces, so you better go train with that high-priced gun-guru until he anoints you as ready for prime time. Double-Deck-Fever CAN strike, but there is nothing innate to the human condition that guarantees it to be inevitable.