Maybe I am crazy, but in a situation where a child has a gun in his back yard, I think I would back off , find cover and try to talk the gun out of his hand..Instead of just shoot first with no hesitation..

That's what they don't want it seems to me..They want unthinking robots who end threats without ever attempting to deescalate the situation...

Maybe I am old fashioned but it's their job to try to deescalate the situation without any loss of life first..

I remember a deputy when I was a kid getting all kinds of praise for walking into a bar and talking a drunk into surrendering...

When ask why he did it..He said It's my job, that's what they pay me to do...Take risks so others don't have to..

Where are those type of guys now days?...