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" 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, don’t 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 McDaniel’s 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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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
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Wolf is a moron.


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?)
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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
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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.)
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Leaves the possibility of wounding a wild animal and nothing is worse that a nutso wild animal.


6 posted on 08/18/2014 6:55:29 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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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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Center mass.


9 posted on 08/18/2014 6:56:17 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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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...


10 posted on 08/18/2014 6:56:17 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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Obligatory Jeopardy Pic.

11 posted on 08/18/2014 6:56:41 AM PDT by dfwgator
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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!!!)
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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?)
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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.)
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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.

18 posted on 08/18/2014 6:59:53 AM PDT by wideawake
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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)
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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
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Spoken like a man who went $4600 in the hole on Jeopardy


22 posted on 08/18/2014 7:02:05 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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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.'')
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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.)
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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...)
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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?


28 posted on 08/18/2014 7:03:51 AM PDT by NorthMountain
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