" Toobin said police are trained to never fire a warning shot and to never fire a shot to injure. He explained that if police fire their guns, they must accept the risk that they are gonna kill somebody. Adding that: If you are not prepared to kill someone, dont fire the gun.
The rationale behind this, according to Toobin, is that if law enforcement is taught to fire warning shots or to shoot to injure instead of kill, people will be shot too often.
Uh, hello? Cops like all civilians shoot to stop a lethal threat. NOT KILL. Click here for Mike McDaniels most excellent article on the importance of that concept. Jeez."
1 posted on
08/18/2014 6:51:44 AM PDT by
KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo
If you have luxury to wound then you have other options and should not be shooting.
2 posted on
08/18/2014 6:54:12 AM PDT by
Raycpa
To: KeyLargo
3 posted on
08/18/2014 6:54:35 AM PDT by
Conspiracy Guy
(Stop wishing for a perfect world. You may get it. Who will you talk to then?)
To: KeyLargo
There were quite a few shots fired before the fatal shots. If a warning shot would have stopped him, he would have stopped.
4 posted on
08/18/2014 6:55:07 AM PDT by
marron
To: KeyLargo
The degree of marksmanship required, is well past the skill level of 99% of the population
5 posted on
08/18/2014 6:55:27 AM PDT by
2001convSVT
(Going Galt as fast as I can.)
To: KeyLargo
Leaves the possibility of wounding a wild animal and nothing is worse that a nutso wild animal.
To: KeyLargo
Blitzer is showing once again that he has no idea what he is talking about.
8 posted on
08/18/2014 6:56:10 AM PDT by
Blood of Tyrants
(The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: KeyLargo
Sort of hard to do when someone is pounding your head into the pavement or someone is wrestling to get your gun that’s size of most linemen in the NFL. I suggest the idiot who write this nonsense be placed in similar situations themselves THEN write the article. It would be written with more authority that way...
To: KeyLargo
Obligatory Jeopardy Pic.
11 posted on
08/18/2014 6:56:41 AM PDT by
dfwgator
To: KeyLargo
Shoot to wound, and then standby for the scum bag lawyers to line up to sue for loss of whatever, and etc. Jeez!
Gunner
12 posted on
08/18/2014 6:57:27 AM PDT by
weps4ret
(Republicans are suffering from Testicular Atrophy!!!)
To: KeyLargo
According to the latest autopsy, the officer hit brown 4 times in the arm and he kept charging.
13 posted on
08/18/2014 6:57:51 AM PDT by
Currentriverrat
(People are calling our President the Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers, that's not allowed is it?)
To: KeyLargo
duh, uh, uh, er, uh, um
16 posted on
08/18/2014 6:59:18 AM PDT by
JPG
("So sue me". OK, we will.)
To: KeyLargo
How many Americans are skilled enough with pistols - not rifles, pistols - to shoot particular areas on moving targets with consistent and surgical precision?
1?
2?
An analogous question: how many MLB pitchers only throw no-hitters?
Blitzer should take a break from watching Hollywood movies and go out to a range sometime.
To: KeyLargo
Jeez. I remember an argument with medical school classmate when a teen was shot pointing a realistic replica at a cop. “ why didn’t he shoot the gun out of his hand?” Of course. That’s what they do on TV all the time. School smarts does not equal intelligence....
19 posted on
08/18/2014 7:00:40 AM PDT by
Kozak
("It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal" Henry Kissinger)
To: KeyLargo
I guess when Wolf watches “24” and sees Jack Bauer hit his target precisely every shot, he thinks it is real life.
20 posted on
08/18/2014 7:00:41 AM PDT by
gusty
To: KeyLargo
Spoken like a man who went $4600 in the hole on Jeopardy
To: KeyLargo
He needs to go back to looking for the missing plane - it’s more beneficial to his mental abilities....
23 posted on
08/18/2014 7:02:09 AM PDT by
capydick
(''Life's tough.......it's even tougher if you're stupid.'')
To: KeyLargo
This from the CNN mega-brain who posted a record low total on Jeopardy. NEGATIVE
$4600!
24 posted on
08/18/2014 7:02:11 AM PDT by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
To: KeyLargo
How to fire a warning shot.
You fire two to center mass (Rule #2: Double Tap) of the first target so as to "warn" his compatriots to either surrender or seek entertainment elsewhere.
27 posted on
08/18/2014 7:03:36 AM PDT by
Mad Dawgg
(If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
To: KeyLargo
Has the Blitzed Wolf ever actually discharged any type of firearm?
Has the Blitzed Wolf ever even HELD in his hand any type of firearm?
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