"Training is GREAT, mandated training is an INFRINGEMENT" That is your opinion. The legal reality is that many states can and do require training and it is a practical solution to having untrained people running around with guns. It also helps maintain some public confidence in concealed carry programs. By the way, the idiots we have in office were freely elected by the "collective us." If we can't get out the vote, the other side will and the conservative showing has been pathetic the last few major elections. That's our fault. As has been said, "Every nation gets the government it deserves."
I don't agree about police officers. Most of them are technically "on duty" 24/7. They still have a legal "duty to act" even off-shift. Also, they are owned by their job once they go home. They can be called in at any time in an emergency. In regards a firearms discussion, they are not civilians like us. They are sworn officers of the government they work for. Also, if they use their firearms in a defense situation, it will be handled by the rules of an officer involved shooting, by internal affairs, not homicide. I think that is as it should be.