Georgia Officer Probably Shot By Fellow Officer

A Georgia officer was called in about a burglary in a house, but he was not truly aware of the situation. Reporters believe that he was actually shot by one of the fellow officers with him instead of the homeowner, who was also shot. It was unclear, but the investigators believe that the homeowners had committed no crimes. Three officers are on administrative leave.

I feel that if the officers simply got the wrong address, that this could happen to anyone, and it could end worse. I personally feel like officers should keep better control over their happy trigger fingers when it comes to them being nervous about a situation that they are nervous about. This personally makes me pretty angry, because not only were the homeowners not doing anything wrong, the policemen went in with guns blazing without completely understanding the situation. I honestly feel like the other officer shot the one that was injured.  I feel like all of this could have been avoided with more precaution.

This is honestly going to add to the point of gun control, because even if the civilian was unarmed, the government would still bring up the possibility of an officer getting shot on duty. This event will make it harder for civilians to own guns, whether or not it was their fault or not. The whole idea of guns kill people would be made stronger, but we all know it is the person. I do personally believe that officers should have to take more precaution, and that the precaution is enforced. This will be a big topic because of the enforcement on gun control.

 

source:USA Today

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/09/01/ga-police-officer-shot-friendly-fire/71512648/