Exactly! I work on an inpatient psychiatric unit, and sometimes, our patients become agrrssive and “threaten our safety.” Sometimes they actually do injure us. We don’t have tazers, or the many resources, or the extent of specialized training that police officers have. And yet, we somehow manage to subdue these…

I agree with you; when you become a cop, I think by definition you accept that you have a dangerous job. You don’t have the right to eliminate all risk by killing everyone who scares you. And you should have some obligation to attempt less than lethal measures. The cops in the UK don’t even carry guns, and they…

It always perplexed me why people think it’s better to have the blood of someone’s life on your hands rather than your own on theirs. I think I’d sooner risk a fight with someone wielding a knife than shoot him outright; perhaps we’ll both escape with our lives and neither of us will have to be guilt-ridden for the…