[Russian Sage]

No doubt they were aiming for the shoulder all along.

[TopQuark]

No doubt they were aiming for the shoulder all along. Yes, and probably not even his but someone else's shoulder.

[TopQuark]

No doubt they were aiming for the shoulder all along. Yes, and probably not even his but someone else's shoulder.

[Ken522]

I bet the police just wanted to scare Mr. McGouey.

[BenLurkin]

"Bummer of a birthmark, Hal",

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

I took my Concealed Handgun course with five other guys. The only one in the six that failed the shooting portion was a former Houston cop.

[jim_trent]

We had a guy who had a standoff with police several years ago in a small bedroom community south of where I live. Lasted several hours. The neighborhood was evacuated and police from every surrounding area joined in. There were about 100 of them. He came out the front with a handgun and started pointing it at the police out front. They started shooting and fired somewhere between 200 and 300 rounds (I forget the exact amount, but it was a LOT). Almost all were handgun, but a few were from shotgun. No rifles that I can remember. Anyway, the guy died. When they had an autopsy, they found that not one single handgun bullet hit him. He died from a single shotgun blast. They had a picture of the front of the house and it was totally destroyed. I REALLY wonder if they were trying to hit him or if they were shooting around him and hoping someone else would kill him.

[GeronL]

six Knox County Sheriff's Office deputies opened fired on him, shooting 28 times and striking McGouey once in the shoulder

????????what the hey????? My 9 year old neice can do better with water gun

[Shooter 2.5]

Bang

[KellyAdmirer]

Some were probably firing at ex-wives, or old girlfriends, or their high school math teacher....

[punster]

One of my friends was a reserve police officer. He told me the police reserve were always a lot better shots than the regular officers. One problem some of the regular officer have is the see their gun as only a badge of office, not as a tool that may save their life and the lives of innocent people.

I know that none of them want to be in the position they have to kill a suspect. However, denying that possibility does not lead to being able to properly deal with confrontations. Missing the target is one consequence. The other consequence is panicking when things get ugly. Sometimes, the result is they shoot when it is not absolutely necessary. This fans the flames of hysteria about police brutality and improper use of force.