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  1. Re:Well, they ARE taught to shoot to kill. on New Tech Puts the Brakes On Bullets Fired From Police Sidearms · · Score: 1

    There is plenty of places which will lead to a death. Hit any artery, and the target will bleed to death (that's why shooting the legs is a pretty terrible and stupid idea). What you want to target is a location which will sufficiently disrupt an attacker to stop the threat. The brain would be perfect, but it is relatively a relatively small target which is relatively well protected (bullet can bounce off the skull). So you also want a target will present a wide enough area to ensure at least one shot will work, thus the center-of-mass lung / heart area. However, given the bone structure in this area, multiple shot are pretty much mandatory, though, fortunately, LEO can use hollow-point ammo.

  2. Re:How about take away their guns. on New Tech Puts the Brakes On Bullets Fired From Police Sidearms · · Score: 1

    Really ?

  3. Re:sorry son on New Tech Puts the Brakes On Bullets Fired From Police Sidearms · · Score: 1

    AFAIK, science and the scientific community backs climate-change. So your point is acting against you. Science is good when it's about the US paying money to the rest of the world, but it's not good when it's proving that a black man was actually a criminal.

  4. Re:oooh, he knows all the fancy words. on New Tech Puts the Brakes On Bullets Fired From Police Sidearms · · Score: 0

    right after I'm done with your mom's pussy, I'll try not to make her scream too much not to wake you up.

  5. Re:No thanks on New Tech Puts the Brakes On Bullets Fired From Police Sidearms · · Score: 1

    do you realize that even people with non-survivable flesh wound can still fight for minutes and cause havoc, cf the 1986 Miami FBI shootout ? Real life is not a Hollywood movie.

  6. Re:No thanks on New Tech Puts the Brakes On Bullets Fired From Police Sidearms · · Score: 2

    It's funny how SJW seems to have more knowledge than any other people on every single world problem (and non-problem) from seeing nothing of it beside their mom's basemen...

  7. Re:sorry son on New Tech Puts the Brakes On Bullets Fired From Police Sidearms · · Score: 1, Informative

    Unfortunately, there is evidence of Mike Brown's blood inside the cruiser, as well as powder residue on his hand / arm. Now, I guess you're gonna say that the blood splashed from 50 feet into the cruiser, and as did the powder residue on Mike's arm.

  8. Re:How about take away their guns. on New Tech Puts the Brakes On Bullets Fired From Police Sidearms · · Score: 1

    How do they know you are not a bad guy either ?

  9. Re:Well, they ARE taught to shoot to kill. on New Tech Puts the Brakes On Bullets Fired From Police Sidearms · · Score: 1

    No, I merely dissociate the intend from the mean, which does all the difference in front of a jury. Shooting to kill is murder. Shooting to stop a threat is self-defense.

    In this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?... if the officers were trying to kill the perp, they would have finished him while he was on the ground. They didn't because they didn't *had to*, the threat was diffused.

  10. Re:How about take away their guns. on New Tech Puts the Brakes On Bullets Fired From Police Sidearms · · Score: 1

    Glock might not even consistently fire. I've had some bad limp-wrist problem leading to FTE & stove pipe shooting Glocks, while I never had any issue using CZ-75 or 1911. I hate top-heavy polymer framed firearms...

  11. Re:How about take away their guns. on New Tech Puts the Brakes On Bullets Fired From Police Sidearms · · Score: 1

    If the 12 years old wield a gun in front of you, then what call would you take. Leave him the chance to use it, or diffuse the threat ?

  12. Re:Yeah, that'll work on New Tech Puts the Brakes On Bullets Fired From Police Sidearms · · Score: 1

    actually, I'm wrong. The criminals will be a victim of CAPITALISM if poor. White christian straight men can die, nobody gives a shit about them.

  13. Re:Yeah, that'll work on New Tech Puts the Brakes On Bullets Fired From Police Sidearms · · Score: 0

    But, think of the criminals, he's probably, and at foremost, a victim of CAPITALISM (if white men), or PATRIARCHY (if women), or RACISM (if non-white), or HOMOPHOBIA (if LGBTQOEHUSAHTUEC). Poor lad. Can't you let them rob and assault other people in peace (they probably deserved it no matter what) ?

  14. Re:How about take away their guns. on New Tech Puts the Brakes On Bullets Fired From Police Sidearms · · Score: 3, Informative

    Did you forgot the part where he also tried to kill a LEO using his service pistol ?

  15. Re:Or on New Tech Puts the Brakes On Bullets Fired From Police Sidearms · · Score: 1

    How about violent criminals stop committing violent crimes as well ?

  16. Re:I was taught in my CWP class on New Tech Puts the Brakes On Bullets Fired From Police Sidearms · · Score: 1

    No, you shoot to stop the threat, not to kill.

  17. Re:This is great! on New Tech Puts the Brakes On Bullets Fired From Police Sidearms · · Score: 0

    FWIW, Mike Brown was a petty, and a would-be cop-killer. he deserved to be shot.

  18. Re:Saves lives for a few seconds on New Tech Puts the Brakes On Bullets Fired From Police Sidearms · · Score: 1

    LEO haven't been using "clip" for ages, if they ever did. It's called a magazine. http://i70.photobucket.com/alb...

  19. Re:Well, they ARE taught to shoot to kill. on New Tech Puts the Brakes On Bullets Fired From Police Sidearms · · Score: 1

    No, they are taught to shoot until the threat is stopped.

  20. Re:No thanks on New Tech Puts the Brakes On Bullets Fired From Police Sidearms · · Score: 1

    Those have probably fired more rounds than you ever will. I have no respect for police, but I have even less respect for people using violence against them.

  21. Re:No thanks on New Tech Puts the Brakes On Bullets Fired From Police Sidearms · · Score: 1

    When a guy pulls a gun while you are escorting him outside of a restaurent, , you don't have the luxury to think, you stop the threat **immediately**. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  22. Re:No thanks on New Tech Puts the Brakes On Bullets Fired From Police Sidearms · · Score: 1

    you obviously have no freaking what you are talking about... https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  23. Re:No thanks on New Tech Puts the Brakes On Bullets Fired From Police Sidearms · · Score: 1

    you shouldn't try to educate someone without any firearms knowledge, it's a lost cause.

  24. Re:How about take away their guns. on New Tech Puts the Brakes On Bullets Fired From Police Sidearms · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How do you plan to disarm criminals ? The gun, ammo, and knowledge to build them is out there. If an Afghan can build an AK in a cave with nothing but hand-tools, what do you think someone in the US can do with access to milling machine, lathe, and 3D printer ?

  25. Re:Ripe for abuse on New Tech Puts the Brakes On Bullets Fired From Police Sidearms · · Score: 1

    If you are in a situation you have to shoot, you react on instinct, act on muscle memory, and keep shooting until the threat stopped. It's very unlikely to be done on the first shot. Real life is not a Hollywood movie, as you don't aim for a head shot but aim center of mass. Damn, even head shot might be non-fatal.