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Originally Posted by Greenhat
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I would say that it has much more to do with the weaponry that the criminals now have access to.
Years ago, when we found a thug with a gun, it was a Raven arms .25, a Saturday Night Special, A Lorsen, or some other small caliber, off name piece of crap. Now, these dudes are packing AKs, M4s, Mac10s, and even Uzis. More firepower, better ammo, and the ability to put more rounds down range on us in a short period of time.... not only that, they are rounds that will shred our vests...
Back in March, I got into a car chase with 3 dudes that had jsut mowed down 5 people in a drive by. The rear passenger leaned out on me with an M4, 200 round drum mag attached, and lit me and my partner up at 4 points during the chase. that didn't happen 10 years ago.
I chased a felon the other day who wrecked out, took off, and broke into a home to try to hide from me. Had an Uzi (loaded) in the car.
A buddy of mine got sprayed with a Mac10 earlier this year.
Our training and tactics are better than they have ever been (LE as a whole), and we aren't "going soft," we are just facing new weaponry that wasn't in the arsenal a decade ago.