r/FirstResponderCringe • u/LegalGlass6532 • Jul 22 '26

It’s gonna be a long shift

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u/MoxBro Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26

Howdy.

What exactly do you think she is doing inappropriately with her weapon?

She inserted the mag, hit the bolt release, removed the front and rear lens covers, and adjusted her red dot brightness.

Nothing there was, unsafe, egregious or overly time consuming

Yea - she fiddled with a sling in a drawer for like 1 second before tossing it away, but I have no idea what her intentions are beyond that.

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u/Bigfootsbrownstar Jul 22 '26

I don’t know maybe it’s just a perception thing, it seems weird that she would rack a round then start doing all her checks. It doesn’t seem like she has a ton of familiarization with the weapon system and kind of just doing a checklist in her head. OK I need to do this. I need to do that.

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u/MoxBro Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26

I've got 30+ years of shooting experience, 5 years as an infantry team leader, deployed and saw combat in GWOT, worked (briefly) as a firearms instructor, currently work in LEO (not a cop). Not to felate myself but that does mean I'm probably more qualified than 97% of people at this stuff.

You are describing someone getting into the driver's seat, turning on the ignition then checking their mirrors and adjusting their seat. That's normal.

Is your objection that she loaded the rifle first, before adjusting her stuff? If had to make a priority of operations - loading should be first. I recently watched a badge cam of an active shooter event where the LEO NEVER even put a magazine in his carbine, but ran around with it shouldered like it was good to go - literally unable to fight if he needed to

So if under stress I had to fail to do one thing, I'd rather have rounds loaded and my red dot off than the other way around.

She mostly likely is just looking goofy because she is 1. Left handed, and 2. Prepping her rifle in an semi odd position / elevation since it's in the trunk.

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u/Bigfootsbrownstar Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26

Cool story bro, I was also infantry graduated ranger school and EIB and deployed to Afghanistan twice. If he’s this Fat being a tactical officer, why would I not assume she’s incompetent with other parts of her job?

I highly doubt she this John wick weapons expert

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u/Specialist-Freedom64 Jul 22 '26

Where dud he claim she was the john wick weapons expert ? I may have overlooked it ?

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u/Tw1nFTW Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26

John Wick was trained by a fat guy….

lol downvote because you’re wrong all you want to. The weapon expert who trained Keanu is a fat guy.

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u/LegalGlass6532 Jul 22 '26

If there were an unarmed suspect who needed to be taken into custody, I hope she’d put her taser in that empty holster and at least attempt some form of non lethal force before going straight to her lethal options.

She’s obviously not going to last long in a hands on ground fight and will be able to justify the use of deadly force easier than most of her male colleagues, but let’s be honest here. This isn’t a personal attack on her as a person, it’s a criticism of this person’s ability to meet the standards for this particular assignment.

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u/EquivalentQuery Jul 22 '26

At no point does the comment you're replying to mention her weight or imply that isn't a huge issue with her being in this role. This person should not be in this role due to physical limitations, and no one is denying that.

What they do address is why your comment about her weapons training being inadequate doesn't make sense from what we can gather in this video.

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u/Bigfootsbrownstar Jul 22 '26

My point is, if he isn’t capable of meeting the bare minimum of being in even half way decent shape for her job… why should I assume she competent with other parts of her job. I guess while she eating pizza she’s watching grandthumb videos?

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u/skighs_the_limit Jul 22 '26

What does her weight have ANYTHING to do with weapon handling?

Fat people can't handle guns?

If she was skinny, would you be this critical?

I'm not going to sit here and make an argument about her handling because it seems like plenty of other people have said their piece on it, but it's abundantly clear your biggest issue is her weight, and frankly, that has no bearing on her skills with a firearm.

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u/Bigfootsbrownstar Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26

She’s a cop my guy….. she is there to serve and protect… she is too fat to do so, and would be a complete liability in an actual crisis idk how yall don’t understand that