: "I mostly don't get it. I have PTSD. I have a lot of friends with PTSD. But the guys I know who later became cops are often the same folks I didn't trust with a rifle in combat. But the same strict rules of engagement and gun safety culture you find in the military seems completely lacking in cops."

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I mostly don't get it. I have PTSD. I have a lot of friends with PTSD. But the guys I know who later became cops are often the same folks I didn't trust with a rifle in combat. But the same strict rules of engagement and gun safety culture you find in the military seems completely lacking in cops.

May 03, 2024 at 21:19 UTC

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I just think that if you have, through service, incurred elevated risk of an injury that makes it more dangerous than usual for you to have a gun, we should try to avoid you having a gun as a future professional requirement. agree that cop RoE are loose compared to military RoE.

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