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which, of course, means that as a cop, one should be given every benefit of the doubt any time a gun is pointed at them and they should be given 100x more latitude in their decision making concerning their shooting people, whereas, a civilian in the same situation is an incompetent, bumbling, foolhardy, ignorant, and totally untrained in anything concerning firearms and self defense yet is expected to know, in less time, that one's home is being invaded by armed thugs or law enforcement executing a lawful no-knock warrant. A
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It could be the pyschological examination, lie detector test, background test, drug test, and 12 weeks to a year of intense university-level physical and mental conditioning that most jurisdictions require of their POST certified officers (all of them). Or it could be the ten or twenty years of on-the-job experience handling firearms and dangerous criminals. Somehow, I doubt your 'average citizen' has this experience - so yes, I think police officers have far more experience maintaining, handling, and responsibly using firearms than your average citizen. Even if that citizen
thinks they're a gun expert.