How often do you respond to a 911 call? How likely do you think such a call is to turn violent, as compared to just going about your daily business?
Many cops respond to several such calls per shift, and you think they aren’t any more likely to be involved in a violent confrontation than Joe CCW?
Many cops respond to several such calls per shift, and you think they aren’t any more likely to be involved in a violent confrontation than Joe CCW?
“More likely” How does that matter. We're talking here of HOW the violent encounter is handled after contact? People get into violent confrontations by the thousands every day. Some of those results in calls to 911, some don't. Citizen involvement is nonstop everyday all day.
You damn well DO NOT want to shoot someone on the thin to ludicrous pretexts that cops seem to do lately AND THEN have to explain the need for deadly force to them. Hell, I don't doubt for a second that I'd end up in cuffs if I fired ANY legal gun at an attacking dog in my neighborhood. Possibly I'd walk if the animal was over the top hydrophopic BUT I WOULD NOT WANT TO BET MY LIFE ON EVEN THAT.