> If you're enforcing the law, you need to actually know its contents and how it works.
Not disagreeing but I can’t see how this would be practical. I think any college degree should be the absolute minimum though.
Not disagreeing but I can’t see how this would be practical. I think any college degree should be the absolute minimum though.
It's not. We just accept it as a default because it's easy to dismiss something obviously good (making sure police are mentally stable, law-aware, and held to a level of scrutiny commensurate to the job) because it may require effort.
Someone being handed a gun and told to go "keep people in line" should be held to an almost absurd standard before ever being let on the streets. That we don't already do this speaks volumes about the underdeveloped state of our civilization (despite our hubris to the contrary).
I get what you mean, but with how easy it is to get a gun (especially in red states), it is practical in the sense that it seems pretty easy to do and there’s no shortage.
But should we? I agree with you, absolutely fucking not.
Have you tried? I live in Tennessee (aggressively red) and own multiple firearms. Mandatory background checks and a mandatory 3-day wait [1] are the standard. Even online transfers from an FFL require submission of an ATF registration form.
Tangential, but it's not as easy as one would think. Also, there are a shocking number of posers down here. Stars and bars and "don't tread on me" but not a lot of commitment to "the mission." There are far more grown men driving lifted trucks with glow lights on them than serious threats.
[1] https://www.stateregstoday.com/politics/gun-control/firearm-...
Just in one of the super blue states. My buddy lives in Texas, he’s got a couple of guns and says is easy to get.
> There are far more grown men driving lifted trucks with glow lights on them than serious threats.
The problem is these guys join ICE or act like they are, and that’s a serious threat. If you brandish Stars and Stripes / Dont Tread on Me, even if you’re a poser I’m not going to take a risk of finding out. That in itself is powerful.