Under no circumstance should cops KILL

[FFaith]

Easy solution.  Take the guns away from 9 out of 10 cops.   That way, if somebody really needs shootin, you  call that guy.  The rest of them won't have any opportunity, then, to piss their pants in fear and pull the trigger.  Say, the next time a 12 year old points a sandwich at them.  Or if someone's being threateningly black within their general vicinity.

Maybe let's not do this in areas where there isn't rampant racism. In the split second it takes for someone to shoot you, you don't have time to call number 10 and wait for him to show up. Tasers aren't always effective, either. To be clear, I want lots and lots of regulation on firearms. I just want them to be logical. Police officers need to do better. They need better screening, better training, better equipment, etc. They need to make sure there are at least two cops in every patrol car, since it's often lone cops that panic and do something stupid. I know it isn't always, but addressing some problems is better than none.

One thing they do NOT need is better equipment, but they are getting plenty. Militarization of the police is ramping up, and that's not a good thing. That's another extreme. The US is already enough of a police state as is. Wanting the police to have way better equipment and wanting the police to have no guns at all are both terrible propositions.