Katie 'Oakley'? Couric Suggests Air Marshals Shoot at Specific Body Parts (Clueless Katie Alert!)

NewsBusters.com ^ | December 8, 2005 | Mark Finkelstein

[xsrdx]

Shoot to stop.

The fatality was incidental to the goal of terminating the threat.

[wideawake]

They should have shot the tip of his pinky, or they should have shot the strap of his backpack out of his hand, or they should have deliberately grazed his scalp with a bullet.

Actually, no. The air marshal should have thrown a handful of loose change in the air and fired a round through every coin before they hit the ground, just to show the lunatic he meant business.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

I guess this would be the same Katie Couric that CBS wants to lure away from NBC to replace the estimable Dan (the documents are real) Rather? That's gonna go well [rolling eyes].

[SMARTY]

Is she kidding? Like a man couldn't still activate a bomb with a broken leg, etc. If she or anyone she gave a damn about had their life haning in the balance while some air marshal played chicken with a terrorist, would she feel the same?

[jla]

"Very astute idea!
How many coins do you think would suffice to be a good deterrent?
And what do you think of the marshals wearing a blindfold too?"

[NYleatherneck]

Center of mass. Dead people don't shoot back, or blow up aircraft. I had the same stupid conversation with my lovely wife last night. Bless her cotton socks, she is a saint of a woman, but she just doesn't understand the 1st rule of weapons safety.

[TC Rider]

Hasn't she ever seen the Black Knight in Monty Python's Holy Grail?

Doesn't she know that bad guys will just keep begging for more 'flesh' wounds?

[Alas Babylon!]

Every combat veteran knows someone who was shot in the head, heart/lungs, etc, who survived. I even knew of a guy who was shot thru his eye into his brain and was joking about it on the air evac out. Conversely, we also know of men who have DIED by a shot to the arm or leg. Hit a major artery and you can bleed to death in a minute or two.

In the HBO Movie "Band of Brothers", completely based on actual events, Corporal Hoobler, one of E Company's best shots, shot dead a German officer riding away on horseback, and acquired his fine Walther service pistol. After showing it off to his buddies, he put it in his pants pocket, and it went off. Despite a well trained combat medic there immediately, he died in two minutes, as his femoral artery was cut.

Couric is a fool, but the Air Marshal could have explained this. Went you shoot someone, you're ALWAYS shooting with intent to kill.

[absolootezer0]

Center of mass. Dead people don't shoot back, or blow up aircraft. best shot is actually a spine shot above the shoulders. any other shot, including heart or brain leaves posibility for a final reaction, ie squeezing the trigger of firearm or detonator. severing spinal collumn will cause prep to immediately go limp. no chance of any reaction.

[Astronaut]

God Almighty, Katie Couric is STUPID! Perky, but incredibly stupid. How did this brainless, vapid, intellectually and morally bankrupt cheerleader get a job that pays her millions to proclaim her idiocy on TV?

[cd jones]

rumor is see-bs is offering her 20mil/yr
is she worth it?
if my math is correct, that's about $38 a minute (24hr day)
i might pay $38 for a minute with her.

[Rutles4Ever]

er... if someone has a bomb, shooting them in the foot won't be very effective, Katie.

Wow, can't wait for her to take over the CBS evening news. Talk about a seamless transition from Dan Rather!

[Alouette]

"Do they always shoot to kill, Tony? In other words, I guess the average person hearing this [on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Katie?] might think: isn't there a way where they could have shot this person and not killed him? Wounded him or incapacitated him in some way without killing him?"

I propose that perky Katy report from the Netanya shopping mall in Israel.

[Paradox]

Center of mass. Dead people don't shoot back, or blow up aircraft.

I believe the idea with potential suicide bombers is to take shots at the center of mass, and then if you can, take a few head shots. From as close as possible. It is kinda gruesome, but they need to take him OUT before he (wounded as he might be) can push the button to detonate.

[chiefqc]

Will someone put a cork in her mouth before everyone knows how stupid her comments really are. What a moron.

[GottaLuvAkitas1]

If only this man had listened to TOM CRUISE and taken those multi vitamins then this wouldn't even be talked about.

Maybe they should have shot him with multi vitamins instead. ;)

[magslinger]

Katie is twice the newsman Dan ever was.







2x0=0

[cpdiii]

Center of mass.

Right answer. He was perceived as a deadly threat. At that point, he must be killed or you may get yourself and your passengers killed. The person that bears responsibility for this tragedy is his wife. The dead man was bipolar and off his meds. He should not have been on that plane and it is his wife's fault. A close member of my family has the same problem. I would not hesitate to go on a plane with her as she takes her meds. I would not consider even for an instant of taking her on a plane if she was not taking her meds. The air Marshal did not kill this man, his wife's stupidity killed the man.

[Republicus2001]

Is this the same Kookie Couric who used to be a TeeVee personality back in the 20th century? It must be her daughter.