“Ya know, that one seemed like overkill from where I’m sitting.”
Really? You’re saying that if I were to wave a knife around in your face, screaming and threatening you, you wouldn’t be inclined to consider your life in danger?
Oh well, takes all kinds. Personally, someone waving a knife in front of me, screaming “SHOOT ME NOW M***** F****! SHOOT ME!”, while ignoring drawn guns and demands to drop the knife, I’m gonna go out on a limb and say he’s a crazy SOB with a knife and a credible threat.
Out of curiosity, have you ever had any self defense or emergency medical training? Are you familiar with a concept called the “21 foot rule”? Ever trained on how to treat an open pneumothorax?
Someone who’s never run or seen a Tueller Drill may have some misconceptions about where and when a person with a knife becomes a threat. Someone who isn’t familiar with the physical realities of knife wounds probably doesn’t have a clear concept of what “lethal” or “dangerous” is either.
Granted, there are interesting discussions to be had about use of force continuum and proper escalation for a range of situations... but really, at the end of the day when a screaming guy with a knife is in your face, you’ve got to decide how much you want to keep said face attached.
In my opinion, good shoot.
Ya, “REALLY”!
I never said they should not have shot him.
I said “overkill”, which means “more shots than were necessary”.
As for your curiosity, YES, I’ve had live fire training with rubber bullets against “bad guys” with blanks.
No video crap.
Went thru multiple spontaneous scenarios. (no scripts)
I never said they shouldn’t shoot, or suggest they try talking him down with candy.
So, get over yourself.