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On a social media post about the Wisconsin officers that arrested a dog groomer for failing to follow quarantine "orders," one actor posted the above meme and added the statement - "Before you criticize these officer try to borrow their shoe and walk in it." Reply of the day was sent by someone else - "No thanks, I'm not fond of beating women, killing unarmed people, and ruining someone's life over a traffic ticket."

One more entry on this topic . Shooting Illustrated recently published an article to the exact same effect. Some of the interesting tidbits from that article: - In addition to differences in personality and physical attributes, there is the difference in mission objective between the cop, the Soldier and the civilian. The police officer’s duty is to conduct investigations and enforce the law. Though, technically they may not have a duty to intercede, in practice they almost always do, keeping the peace, diffusing dangerous situations and arresting serious criminals even when that requires those criminals first be physically subdued. Combat soldiers have an even more demanding mission: locate and engage the enemy, and kill, drive or take as prisoners as many as possible. Both are in complete contrast to the “duty” of the armed citizen. While he or she may defend his or herself or intercede on behalf of the innocent if a crime is being committed in their presence, they can’t go out ...

In reference to this post , there was a comment delivered that 90% of police can only shoot marginally well. A reader writes in and challenges that. "I think that is a mistake. Every cop I know can shoot way better than your regular joe." OK. I'll take this bait. Let's work from the presumption that this is true, and the reader really believes it, and has no reason to mislead. Let's also work from the presumption that this is not hyperbole. For the sake of clarity, let's use the old "1 - 10" scale. 1 is someone who has never handled a firearm, and 10 is Jerry Miculek. 90% of police would be a "3." While this is much better than the 1's and 2's out there, it is nowhere near what that sort of statement makes them out to be. Some of these police know this. Some do not. With a sole exception, every firearms instructor I've taken a class from was at least a 7 on this scale within his/her discipline. So, even if pistol is no...

A series of messages sent through Eventbrite to my training school in regards to a medical class and a knife defense class: This group called global vision is charging for this event and another one for which the Wilson county School board is free. I believe they should both be cancelled with refunds. Not an essential activity. Wilson county Police will be notified This event is a non-essential one. It needs to be cancelled. This is a Hands-On activity which should not be held at this point in time. I will contact the Mount Juliet Police and government officials regarding this event. I believe these events put on by global vision Church should be cancelled. Total disregard 4 the rules that aren't being implemented sometimes? It's poor judgement and the police should be notified. Please cancel this class. Pandemic! Inappropriate. Local officials will be informed. This class needs to be cancelled. HANDS ON activity not allowed during Pandemic! Totally inappropriate and the orga...

From Townhall : (article reproduced here in it's entirety for posterity) "Israeli Professor Shows Virus Follows Fixed Pattern" Professor Yitzhak Ben Israel of Tel Aviv University, who also serves on the research and development advisory board for Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, plotted the rates of new coronavirus infections of the U.S., U.K., Sweden, Italy, Israel, Switzerland, France, Germany, and Spain. The numbers told a shocking story: irrespective of whether the country quarantined like Israel , or went about business as usual like Sweden , coronavirus peaked and subsided in the exact same way. In the exact, same, way. His graphs show that all countries experienced seemingly identical coronavirus infection patterns, with the number of infected peaking in the sixth week and rapidly subsiding by the eighth week. The Wuhan Virus follows its own pattern, he told Mako, an Israeli news agency. It is a fixed pattern that is not dependent on freedom or quarantine. “Th...

From Bloomberg (entire article copied and pasted here, in case it is changed or taken down), "Sweden Says Controversial Virus Strategy Proving Effective" Sweden’s unusual approach to fighting the coronavirus pandemic is starting to yield results, according to the country’s top epidemiologist. Anders Tegnell, the architect behind Sweden’s relatively relaxed response to Covid-19, told local media the latest figures on infection rates and fatalities indicate the situation is starting to stabilize. “We’re on a sort of plateau,” Tegnell told Swedish news agency TT. Sweden has left its schools, gyms, cafes, bars and restaurants open throughout the spread of the pandemic. Instead, the government has urged citizens to act responsibly and follow social distancing guidelines. The spread of Covid-19 across the globe is triggering different responses across national and even state borders, as authorities struggle to contain an outbreak about which much remains unknown. It’s unclear w...

From Bloomberg - New York City added thousands of people to its coronavirus death toll to account for victims who died in recent weeks without a confirmed diagnosis. The article details that 3778 deaths were attributed to COVID-19 without diagnosis.  #FakeNews is not even pretending any more. 

Seen shared by many on social media - If you are terrified of the CoVID-19, then please... keep yourself quarantined until there's a vaccine or when the 'experts' say it is safe for you to reintegrate into society, but in the meantime - stop demanding that others live in the same identical fear that you chose to live under.  #ReOpenAmerica

The military doesn't have a corner on the market when it comes to shooting . Police don't have a corner on the market when it comes to shooting . Many people think these entities are where you find expertise in firearms. Although the military and LEO teach shooting to their members, and often introduce a lot of people to guns, neither are a guarantee of good shooting. The best expertise is often found in the civilian world. Credentials do not make a good shooter or a good instructor. Neither does combat experience, 20 years as a patrol cop, or victories in gun shooting contests. And just like the military and police do not own the corner on shooting, they also do not have the corner on tactics. If you find yourself in a situation where a former military guy is in charge, and he wants to storm into a room, remove yourself from the situation. Just because it worked once doesn't mean it is the best way to do things. Shoot the threat first, then move into the room. ...

And no, it is not a sports reference. 

This is for those who turn in others for "defying stay at home orders."