New York, NY —Yesterday a man fired from his job exacted revenge on a fellow employee in front of the Empire State Building by shooting him dead with a .45 pistol.   The man fled and local construction workers reportedly directed cops to the armed offender on the crowded city street.  Police officers apparently felt threatened by the armed killer and opened fire upon him killing him.   In the process nine innocent bystanders suffered bullet wounds .  Today it was sadly determined that every bystander injured was shot by police bullets.  Only a small percentage of cops really like firearms and strive to become proficient with them.  Most cops are satisfied if they can simply get a minimum qualifying shooting score.   That being said are the standards for qualification set high enough? In my days as a cop in Chicago I was required to qualify four times per year on the range.   The department paid for the ammuniti...