Law Enforcement - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.....

[nobbie48]

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Cop empties his sidearm twice at close range suspect unscathed

Those were warning shots. Warnings to the cop that he needed more range time.

I've only fired a handgun once and the pop can on the fencepost 20 feet away was uninjured. The first thing one has to judge is the effective range of the shooter vs the effective range of the gun.

I always wonder there the misses ended up. Hopefully those shots disintegrated on impact.

 

[GreyGhost]

I always wonder there the misses ended up. Hopefully those shots disintegrated on impact.

I've never heard of a normal cop using frangible ammo. Hollow-points for all.

 

[Gaoler]

Handguns aren't as easy to use effectively as television might lead you to believe.
Under ideal conditions a minimally trained/experienced person will miss... A lot.
Add in fear, stress, panic and we'll, there goes your hit factor right out the window.
Pistol rounds are also small and relatively low power.
Clint Smith puts it into perspective with his line...
"Pistols put holes in people, rifles put holes THROUGH people and shotguns, with the right load with blow chunks OFF people and leave that #### on the floor."

 

[Rob MacLennan]

Handguns aren't as easy to use effectively as television might lead you to believe.
Under ideal conditions a minimally trained/experienced person will miss... A lot.
Add in fear, stress, panic and we'll, there goes your hit factor right out the window.
Pistol rounds are also small and relatively low power.
Clint Smith puts it into perspective with his line...
"Pistols put holes in people, rifles put holes THROUGH people and shotguns, with the right load with blow chunks OFF people and leave that #### on the floor."

Unfortunately, TV shows and movies have conditioned people to think that every cop/gun owner is a sharpshooter, under high pressure conditions. Cops frequently get asked things like, "Why didn't you just shoot the gun out of his hand?" Then you have an incident, like this one, that reinforces the stereotype.

 

[ToSlow]

Seems like a very humble officer

 

[Rob MacLennan]

Seems like a very humble officer

He was lauded so much for that shot that it became truly embarrassing for him. It definitely was a hell of a shot and probably saved that guy's life.

 

[FullMotoJacket]

and shotguns, with the right load with blow chunks OFF people and leave that #### on the floor."

They leave ample time to explain about the consequences of bad life choices prior to exsanguination.

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