Governor Inslee sinks to new level of petty by refusing to sign certificates for marksmanship champs

[Ridgerunner]

Why did he wait until now? If he signed them last year but regretted doing it, he could have appointed some notable marksman or the highest law enforcement person in the state to sign them.

And then he could go on as big an-anti NRA rant as he thought would get him some votes. But he wouldn’t have dissed the participants.

 

[Theo520]

The program is called the “Civilian Marksmanship Program.” It is for all gun owners, both police and civilian. If you want your police to be thoughtful shooters, add more training programs. Honoring those who win a contest that only a small fraction of the police participate in does very little to raise the thoughtfulness level of police in general.

If you read the article, state and local police are the primary participants.

 

[LeafByNiggle]

LeafByNiggle:

The program is called the “Civilian Marksmanship Program.” It is for all gun owners, both police and civilian. If you want your police to be thoughtful shooters, add more training programs. Honoring those who win a contest that only a small fraction of the police participate in does very little to raise the thoughtfulness level of police in general.

If you read the article, state and local police are the primary participants.

Primarily police does not mean most police participate. It means most who participate are police. Big difference. The claim was made that we should support this program because it makes us safer. A contest that only 0.3% of the nation’s police (I don’t know the actual figure) participate in, and which covers only marksmanship and not, say, confrontation de-escalation, is not that worthwhile in my opinion.

 

[Dr_Meinheimer]

I can only speak for us, but here in the great state of MD, we prefer our cops to be wild and inaccurate with their shots.

 

[FirstFiveEighth]

No, of course he didn’t say the NYPD were racist killers. That was hyperbole. But the mayor did go on about how the NYPD targeted people of certain skin tones and how he was afraid for his own son, etc. This was in reference to the Gardner killing. When 2 NYPD officers were murdered not long after as an anti-police killing spurred on by the language surrounding the issue, the NYPD turned their backs on him.

 

[FirstFiveEighth]

This is called “glory stealing.” The civilians with their guns want to be thought of in the same was as professional law enforcement and receive praise and affirmation because of that association.

You seem to have a particularly dim view of civilians who shoot guns and participate in competitions. Maybe they just…enjoy marksmanship competitions.