Stop cutting on law enforcement officers

I feel sorry for our law enforcement officers here in America and here is why.
Our law enforcement officers have many function but I guess you can say the top two are enforcing the laws and to keep people safe. Most, most if not all, law enforcement officers probably consider keeping people safe the number one priority. I have never seen an officer take this lightly. These are people you call when stuff is going down. These are the people who do there best to save others by putting themselves in the line of fire.
I feel sorry for law enforcement because many times they are under appreciated or blamed for something happening because they weren't right there when called. Now they have to put up with criticism of how they do their job when facing a dangerous situation. People scream murder if an officer shoots a person carrying a knife and acting in a threatening manner. They argue that the knife is not deadly enough to justify the carrier being shot. Sorry folks, a knife can kill you just ass dead as a gun. To let a person just keep going with a dangerous weapon puts not just the officers life in danger but others as well.
What would I do facing a knife wielding suspect? I am not a law enforcement officer but I did serve in the navy and received small arms and security force training. In the situation I would probably aim for center mass and fire. Why not shoot the knife out of his hand or wing the person? This is real life and not the movies. Let's say you try to shoot the knife and miss. Well depending how far away you are or others are to the suspect you will probably get cut or stabbed. Crazy moves fast and is now pissed off at you so they are going to want to draw blood. Now you have to think fast and change your aim (if you couldn't hit the knife when the target was stationary you sure are not going to hit it when it is flailing around) by the time you shift your aim the suspect is right on top of you and you are now wishing you aimed for center mass in the first place.
Now how many shots would I use? Enough to put the person down hard. You just cannot risk the lives of your comrades and innocents. The suspect would probably die, and any death is sad, but once a person takes up a weapon and uses it in a threatening manner they put their own life in jeopardy.
Now there may have been cases, and probably will be cases, when an officer makes a bad decision, but the majority will not. Most officers act to save lives and have and will give their own lives in the process. They do this so you and your loved ones stay safe.

Protect our citizens

Ok President Obama, do you still want to take in Syrian refugees? Probably not a good idea, look at how background checks did not work to keep a person who swore allegiance to ISIS out of our country. Unless you have some super duper mind reading machine there is no way to screen everyone effectively enough to ensure " our citizens " are safe from future acts of terrorism. And the attitude that this is something "we need to get use to" has got to go. It is better to fight the enemy in the field than one's own house.