Ivan Gayton
Mad VillainSo if domestic abusers aren't allowed to own firearms, that means we are disarming the police, right?
Michael W Lucas 
@are0h only 40% of all police. The rest have not been convicted. Yet.
@mwl Exactly. If the reported number is already at 40%, imagine what they aren't reporting.
gnate@are0h Timed trigger locks, perhaps...
@gnate Or we can just, you know, take away their access to weapons.
@are0h And enforce attendance for proper training for the rest! (Firearms and otherwise...)
@gnate This two things are not related.
@are0h Sorry, I was daydreaming about a selection process for police that would weed out those in it for the wrong reasons (Psychological/pathological need to control others), and a training program that is at least in line with other countries' requirements, including emphasis on de-escalation, and not, you know, killing people as a primary tool.
@gnate The police in the US were created with the express purpose of controlling and suppressing specific populations, so there is no kind of training to fix that.
@are0h Understood, I can't help but daydream about a way for police to provide a benefit to society, but without starting from scratch, it's unlikely to be be successful.
@gnate That's a point of disconnect for me because they've never cared about the public good, so I don't understand why one would fantasize about that.
George Station@are0h Touché.
Q.H. Stone@are0h Only applies to people with domestic abuse *restraining orders* against them. But it does, AFAIK, apply to police.
Vee
Cassandrich@are0h Only if you can get a restraining order against them.. GLWT
Feygele Ⓐ Ⓥ🏳️⚧️🍉@are0h Lord knows it would have saved Crystal Judson’s life.