r/canadaguns • u/Business_Working_703 • Jun 22 '26

News / Politics / Activism Sks in shooting

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I hope it doesn't lead to an sks ban

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u/rastamasta45 Jun 22 '26

At what point are we allowed to talk about things, I was in the army, we trained on dealing with threats, target identification and most importantly PIT (Positively identify target). Training doesn’t make you a terminator but it provides a muscle memory on rapid responses and making sure you don’t commit the ultimate mistake….killing a civilian.

No cop will ever ever say “it’s okay if it get bad and you accidentally pop someone” no the they make it very clear. You shoot a civvie, you will be charged with murder. Your bullet, your responsibility. How do we prevent this, train so you don’t panic when it happens.

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u/jeff_gzh2003 Jun 22 '26

You’re not the one under fire btw. Must be easy for you to sit in the comfort of your chair and talk about what she should have done. But in her shoes she was unable to see the shooter and she saw someone when she turned around, if she waited and double check she would have been killed just like the first one.

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u/arcticrune Jun 22 '26

If she couldn't tell the person she was looking at was the shooter she shouldn't shoot him. If that means she dies so be it.

Sorry if that seems harsh but she chose to be a police officer and that random citizen didn't. So she can either risk her life to protect Canadians or she can find a different job. She doesn't get to risk our lives to maybe make herself safer.

I don't understand how being a cop is like, meaningless nowadays. Not only are you not expected to go out of your way to save people anymore you're not even expected to not shoot civilians. What the hell.

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u/rastamasta45 Jun 23 '26

What you described is called PIT (Positively Identify Target), this is not something you ignore or make excuses for. In an active shooter scenario civilians are running around and freaking out. Police need to discern who is a threat or not, otherwise you’ll have two shooters killing civilians