QUOTE (Ben Higgins @ Jul 22 2012, 11:12 AM)
This is very true... the statistics for how much law enforcement officers actually miss, even at close range, is astounding. I can't remember the actual details but there was an incident I read about where the police surrounded a house where a guy was armed and causing some sort of trouble. He went outside and refused to drop his weapon, intending to opt for 'suicide by cop' - getting shot by the police. The police opened fire on the guy.
They didn't allow the news to be published that every single officer missed because it would have undermined the public's confidence.
As far as I know, cops only train with their service pistol once a month, and the requirements aren't that strict. This is hardly enough to become proficient with a firearm. I have a friend that goes shooting every week and he can shoot five bowling pins in 3 seconds at 25 yards
Of course this is with a full size pistol, he wouldn't be able to hit squat with a mouse gun at that range, which is what most people carry. If there was anybody in that theater was carrying, especially a mouse gun, it would have been ineffective. So in this particular case I think an armed citizen probably wouldn't have made much of a difference.
QUOTE (Ben Higgins @ Jul 22 2012, 02:16 PM)
I love your stories. I swear they couldn't happen to anyone else !! And prune juice as well... good job you weren't passing by the ladies sanitary aisle !!
Yeah reading a box of tampons would've been really awkward, and would've made the situation even worse
This happened in an organic food store, so all the peace loving hippies would've completely lost their mind if they knew what was going on
QUOTE (WeePee @ Jul 22 2012, 10:21 AM)
You mean this:
As a European I have an opposite view.
What if there was someone with a gun. Imagine how hard is to pull the gun out, locate the guy and aim and shoot. While...there's smoke, no lights, people going everywhere and screaming. It would be hard even for a police or military man.
You would need to have lot of luck to get a clean shot. And wasn't he wearing bullet proof vest ?
Probably he/she (with a concealed weapon) would have ended up accidentally shooting someone else ?
Another person shooting there isn't going to help at all in that kinda situation.
No offence to anybody but Just saying...
Bullet proof vests don't work like they do in the movies. Getting shot while wearing a vest is like getting hit by a baseball bat in the chest. It can break ribs and knock you on your bum bum.
Guns have lasers on them, so shooting in the dark with smoke might have made it easier to acquire a target. Who knows?
This is all speculation of course, but you're right, in this type of situation, nobody knows how things will turn out. More guns probably wouldn't have helped much.
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