I consider this risk everytime I leave the house, whether for work, or off duty. It is a very real and dangerous threat that each of us face who carry daily.MeMelYup wrote:Holding a gun on someone is one thing, indiscriminately shooting at people is something else.
However, if I find myself in a defensive shooting, and upon scanning for additional targets see someone holding cover on me, I will move to cover and engage them, kicking off a nasty cycle.
That is the one difference in training between CHL and LEO that I think matters - and it is literally the only one - is that of threat discrimination. I'm sure not all agencies do it, but most major LE agencies put their guys through some form of dynamic threat discrimination training, either via Sim rounds or interactive simulators (which are intense, I assure you). It's not enough of an issue for me to feel like it warrants further 2A infringement, but I would endorse every person who carries, regardless of vocation and credentials, to pursue some of this type of training.