[Centurion2000]

He then fired two live rounds. Two PSG suporters were hit and one of them was killed. The policeman was forced to flee from the rest of the suporters and took refuge in a hamburger resturant.

My God, a French firearm that's actually been fired TWICE in COMBAT?

The collectors' value on that pistol just shot up about 50,000 dollars.

I'm sure he'll get France's highest award for valor for actually firing twice before actually retreating.

[hometoroost]

"My God, a French firearm that's actually been fired TWICE in COMBAT?

Shooting at unarmed soccer fans hardly qualifies as combat no matter how rowdy they are. Granted there were 150 of them but he got away.

Still, I can't be too hard on him. It would take 30 LA police officers firing 180 rounds to score two hits.

[Lurker]

I was pretty shocked to learn that the French Gendarmes are even issued sidearms, let alone ammunition, or that they have permission to do anything more with a weapon than toss it to the ground before running away.

I once saw an ad for French MAG rifles which had been converted from that awful French cartridge to 7.62 NATO.

The add read "Converted French Rifles. Never been fired and only dropped once."

Hilarious.

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