http://freedomoutpost.com/2013/02/dhs-supplier-sells-targets-of-american-gun-owners/
Law Enforcement Targets, Inc., a 21 year designer and full service provider of training targets for thousands of law enforcement agencies throughout the country, including the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department, is now providing a line of No More Hesitation targets. What is so unusual about these targets? They are of a pregnant woman threat, older man with shotgun, older man in home with shotgun, older woman with gun, young school aged girl, young mother on playground, and little boy with real gun.
According to the the website these targets are designed to give officers the experience of dealing with deadly force shooting scenarios with subjects that are not the norm during training. The targets are, meant to help the transition for officers who are faced with these highly unusual targets for the first time.
While I do recall live ranges using people that are non threatening in order to facilitate a reaction from trainees in which they might encounter innocent people while trying to locate criminals, this is a bit unsettling. Of course, yes there could be a mistake and as we are aware many people today are carrying concealed and you want to be ready to deal with law abiding citizens you might encounter that carry. I can see preparation for coming into a situation where there is a mass shooting and yet there might be civilians who are armed trying to stop the threat and police arrive on the scene. However, a little boy? or a young school aged girl? Additionally why label this line No More Hesitation? Is it to encourage shooting the person on the target? Furthermore, who is demanding these kinds of targets?
This doesnt seem to be an unreasonable question to ask. Especially with DHS purchasing billions of rounds of ammunition and placing solicitations for 7,000 fully automatic rifles.
When you begin to consider the leaked US Army Military Police training manual, which outlines how military assets are to be used to quell riots domestically, confiscate firearms and even kill Americans on U.S. soil, along with characterizing Americans who are suspicious of centralized federal authority, and reverent of individual liberty as extreme right-wing terrorists by DHS-funded studies, it makes for a pretty surreal and frightening progression of thought.
There has not been confirmation that any government agency has purchased these yet. Calls to LETargets have not been returned.
Law Enforcement Targets, Inc., a 21 year designer and full service provider of training targets for thousands of law enforcement agencies throughout the country, including the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department, is now providing a line of No More Hesitation targets. What is so unusual about these targets? They are of a pregnant woman threat, older man with shotgun, older man in home with shotgun, older woman with gun, young school aged girl, young mother on playground, and little boy with real gun.
According to the the website these targets are designed to give officers the experience of dealing with deadly force shooting scenarios with subjects that are not the norm during training. The targets are, meant to help the transition for officers who are faced with these highly unusual targets for the first time.
While I do recall live ranges using people that are non threatening in order to facilitate a reaction from trainees in which they might encounter innocent people while trying to locate criminals, this is a bit unsettling. Of course, yes there could be a mistake and as we are aware many people today are carrying concealed and you want to be ready to deal with law abiding citizens you might encounter that carry. I can see preparation for coming into a situation where there is a mass shooting and yet there might be civilians who are armed trying to stop the threat and police arrive on the scene. However, a little boy? or a young school aged girl? Additionally why label this line No More Hesitation? Is it to encourage shooting the person on the target? Furthermore, who is demanding these kinds of targets?
This doesnt seem to be an unreasonable question to ask. Especially with DHS purchasing billions of rounds of ammunition and placing solicitations for 7,000 fully automatic rifles.
When you begin to consider the leaked US Army Military Police training manual, which outlines how military assets are to be used to quell riots domestically, confiscate firearms and even kill Americans on U.S. soil, along with characterizing Americans who are suspicious of centralized federal authority, and reverent of individual liberty as extreme right-wing terrorists by DHS-funded studies, it makes for a pretty surreal and frightening progression of thought.
There has not been confirmation that any government agency has purchased these yet. Calls to LETargets have not been returned.
