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To: claudiustg

Heh. Indeed. Bet it at least kept his head down.

There was a story from Lacey WA, near my hometown, several years ago just after the department switched to the 9mm auto for their standard issue.

One guy with a machete, in a parking lot. He was surrounded by a semicircle of six cops in a standoff when he lunged at one of the officers with the machete. All six opened up on him. He was still swinging the machete until the 19th round hit him. Two or three times that were expended.

One or two hits center mass with a .45 or even a .357 would have ended the matter.

I'm not a big fan of the 9mm for law enforcement purposes.


16 posted on 09/30/2005 9:18:59 PM PDT by Ramius (Buy blades for war fighters: freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net --> 800 knives and counting!)
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To: Ramius

---One or two hits center mass with a .45 or even a .357 would have ended the matter.

I'm not a big fan of the 9mm for law enforcement purposes.---

I just purchased a Glock 31C. That's a fullsize service pistol in 357 Sig, ported. It's designed to throw 125gr bullets at 1450fps, like a 357 Magnum, but with a 15 round capacity. I think it's state of the art for a combat pistol.


27 posted on 09/30/2005 10:54:05 PM PDT by claudiustg (Vote for one Democrat, vote for them all...)
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