Saturday, March 16, 2013

SWAT officer attracts ridicule after he’s pictured with his rifle sight on backwards

Via avordvet

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A SWAT team in upstate New York is being mocked as an example of the difference between military and police training after an officer was captured peering through a backwards sight on his combat rifle. 

As users on the military Reddit were quick to point out when the image was posted, the reverse sight makes it effectively useless. 

Users mocked the SWAT officers training and some went so far as to question the motives of some of the men serving in local law enforcement.

The officer is using a 'military style' assault weapon with a close quarters combat sight that costs roughly $500.

'It's disturbing to think that 1) none of his buddies corrected it, and 2) he's in a real-life situation with his optic on backwards, which means he's never fired that rifle with the optic on it, which means it isn't zeroed and he thought it was OK to show up to a gunfight with an unzeroed weapon,' wrote one Reddit user.

More @ Daily Mail

7 comments:

  1. And they're worried about us having "military style assault" weapons?? They should be...we KNOW what the hell we're doing.

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  2. Playing army and masquerading as what were once Peace Officers.

    But if this is the quality of those who would disarm us, there will be many with badges suffering the ultimate.

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    1. I thought that it was a parody when I first saw the title.

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  3. Playing army and masquerading as what were once Peace Officers.

    But if this is the quality of those who would disarm us, there will be many with badges suffering the ultimate.

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  4. Time for Sheriff Andy to make Barney put the bullet back in his shirt pocket.

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