124 Police Officers Were
Killed In The U.S. Last Year
Some more
facts that don’t match the hero narrative. Police deaths while on duty are on
pace to be at a record low in 2016, down 60% from the peak in 1974. Gun related
homicides are also trending towards the lowest levels since 1900. In 1991 there
were 24,700 homicides in the U.S. Last year there were just over 16,000
homicides, down 35% while the population grew by 26%. The number of guns owned
by American citizens has tripled since 1991.
Does this
match the anti-gun narrative of the left and the popos? Does the government
want to confiscate our guns because of crime or because they are worried we
will use them against a tyrannical establishment? The militarization of police
forces isn’t to protect us. It’s to protect them from us. You will find more statistics at Statista
Last
Thursday night, a gunman in Dallas killed five police officers and wounded
eight others, the worst toll on U.S. law enforcement since 9/11. It’s a
dangerous job – 124 officers lost their lives last year with 51 dying so far in
2016. Generally, the number of police fatalities has fallen considerably since
it peaked at 280 in 1974.
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Part of
the success in keeping Police Officers safe was the “weapons simulator”
invented under the direction of Jody Scheckter, founder of Firearms Training
Systems, Inc. (FATS) in 1974.
Rookies
were trained to avoid being shot by shooting a “nerf canon” at them as they
were trained to shoot accurately while under fire. Rookies were trained to
operate from “cover”, not out in the open.
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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