To: vannrox
A good story with a good result, but she really should have fired. I've known hardened criminals who, facing an armed polieman, have offered and then attempted to put the officers gun where only a proctologist could find it. One should NEVER count on the sight of a firearm deterring a criminal-it only has to fail once.
12 posted on
07/05/2005 10:22:40 AM PDT by
Spok
To: Spok
Your right, she was only five feet from this criminal. I saw a police training film once where the perp had a knife and the officer was 25 feet away, the perp attacked and had it been real could have cut the officer a dozen times while he was trying to clear leather. These criminals practice knife fighting techniques while in prison this could have turned out bad for her, she should have shot him.
Incidentally, we answered a lot of domestic disturbance calls (Panama)and a lot of the local thieves carried knives. I showed this film to my police officers once and they left the class pretty sober.
22 posted on
07/05/2005 10:41:21 AM PDT by
Americanexpat
(A strong democracy through citizen oversight.)
To: Spok
My guess is that she is completely questioning all the idiotic political positions she's ever had in her life.
Including and up to the fact that they guy will go free. One of her neighbors, as a result of the courts, will likely have a similar experience, only one without the dog and the gun.
46 posted on
07/05/2005 11:22:52 AM PDT by
RinaseaofDs
(The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.)
To: Spok
Yeah, But...
98% of criminal attempts are decided in favor of the good guys...) merely through brandishing.
She did just fine.
91 posted on
07/05/2005 2:06:47 PM PDT by
ninenot
(Minister of Membership, Tomas Torquemada Gentlemen's Club)
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