Reply #26: there really have been

[bossy22]

no studies done on the issue that i know of....most of us speak from personal experience- working in a gun shop ive sold guns (service weapons) to atleast two dozen NYPD officers (we have a special LEO discount)- most don't know what they want- usually the young officer will hand me a list of department approved guns and ask me "which one should i get". I've almost stopped asking "which one do you want, or what features do you want" because the universal answer is- "i dont know". Ive had officers go in and ask me "I need a peice" (which btw bothers me to know end- in one case i had a pizza pie behind the counter and an officer asked that- i quickly grabbed a plate and a slice and through it right onto the counter in front of him- he didnt get it but the store owner thought it was hilarious)

from my experience- most young city cops know almost nothingabout firearms