[HolgerDansk]

It would appear that 1) none of the police officers involved is a hunter, because 2) an AR-15 firing stock .223 ammo will merely annoy large game, and 3) hunting big game with small bore ammo is illegal in most states, as a consequence.

But remember what The Brady Campaign says, the police will protect you...

[Dog Gone]

If you stab someone with needles over and over again, it might prove fatal, but it's really going to be annoying first.

[paul51]

They made a run for it and didn't make it

[randog]

Did they grill their suspects afterward?

[paul51]

Not to mention that apparently some of them couldn't hit something smaller than a house with a rifle. That's pretty scary

[Pikamax]

"RUN! MAKE A BREAK FO...ohhhh grass"

*BANG*

[Normal4me]

"....police fired at the buffalo with semiautomatic rifles...

How come theirs are called semiautomatic rifles and ours are called assault weapons?

[muawiyah]

There's this image of a buffalo bellowing out "You'll never take me alive coppers!"

[76834]

You got that right.
Preferred weapon here would be .308, 303 British or my favorite 30.06
Back in the old days they didnt call em "Buffalo Guns" for nothing.

[Argus]

There ought to be a rule that any animal that escapes from a slaughterhouse gets a lifetime reprieve. Free the Buffalo 5!

[handy old one]

Who do we grill the escapee or the lousy shots??

[cripplecreek]

I watched a city cop kill a deer that got hit by a car one morning. After watching him shoot the poor thing 4 times I decided I didn't want to be anywhere near a shootout that cop was involved in.

[Dan from Michigan]

"With the great white buffalo, he's gonna make a final stand...." - Ted Nugent

[el_chupacabra]

What a horrible catastrophe! Instead of killing the gentle buffalo, The police should have captured those poor creatures, lead them back into the slaughterhouse, and then . . . ah . .. oh . . . nevermind.

[hollywood]

As a CU-Boulder alum, I'm really offended by this thread.

[txkev]

I'm sure PETA is already on the scene. I'm sure the Libs have held at least three press conferences already. Never fear, more of our hard-earned tax dollars will be wasted on this.

[Wiggins]

Something like a .405 Winchester or .450 Marlin would have been more suited for the task.

[Redcloak]

at least 120 rounds had been fired

The LA County Sheriff's office is no doubt breathing a sigh of relief that those buffalo weren't in Compton.

[ScreamingFist]

In many states, hunting large animals with a .22 (yea, .223 is a .22 cal bullet) is a crime. Perhaps the "law" should study their own damn books.

[rcocean]

Were the cops on a steak-out?

[WestVirginiaRebel]

The cops should be damned lucky that nobody was hurt by those shots that went into empty houses. No buffalo burgers for these guys.