David Codrea writes about gun rights, the abuses of government and the police, and gun control issues. I read this blog every day, and it usually has some well-reasoned, on-point commentary.

First I should begin by saying I have not seen the orginal SOP9 document (if anyone has a link to it I would like to get a hold of it.) So my comments are based on the analysis done here NYPD SOP 9 - Analysis of Police Combat

The bulk of this article is an endorsement of point shooting. Much of the SOP9 material here is used as a justification of point shooting. I am not a point shooting advocate, and I don't see any evidence here to change my mind.

We would like to see granular data that gives a picture of the hit rate for officers using a crouch in low light conditions at some particular distance. What we have instead is a mixture of point shooting and aimed fire under a range of different conditions.

WarOnGuns pointed me to this. I will have to write a longer analysis of this when I have a little time.

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These sorts of abuses make it harder on everyone except the criminals. I do not understand why the penalties are not higher for the police faking evidence and lying.

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I suppose this is simply a police themed high school. It is an interesting idea, but I think it depends mostly upon the teachers and the cirriculum as to what the end product will be.

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This could be good news (for once.) The idea that the ATF is basically able to create de-facto laws has always been troubling. An ATF letter is another example of bad-policy being worse than bad law.

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Radley Balko rounds up a few of the most severe bits of recent police misconduct. I don't know if these incidents are happening more frequently, or if I am just aware of more of them. I suspect both. I think law enforcement is due for an overhaul.

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The only problem with simulations is when the modeled behaviour doesn't mirror real-world behavior. I really think this sort of thing is better done with Simmunitions and role players rather than video games.

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