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Carson: Cops Could Be Trained to Shoot For The Legs
Breitbart TV ^ | 25 November 2014 | Ian Hanchett

Posted on 11/30/2014 11:37:57 PM PST by shibumi

Dr. Ben Carson, author of "One Nation: What We Can All Do to Save America's Future," argued that while Officer Darren Wilson did nothing wrong in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, police should be better trained in non-lethal force such as shooting aggressors in the legs on Tuesday's "Hugh Hewitt Show."

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He specified "for instance, in a lot of places, police officers aren’t even allowed to go into the more dangerous areas by themselves. They’re always paired. Or you know, people use tasers, people learn how to shoot people in the legs to stop them from charging, things of that nature. And I seriously doubt that he’d been given that information."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: 2a; 2ndamendment; banglist; bencarson; carson; doctorbencarson; drbencarson; ferguson; guncontrol; guns; leo; police; rino; secondamendment
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Ooooookay.

(Legs - skinny, Body - BIG!)

1 posted on 11/30/2014 11:37:58 PM PST by shibumi
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To: shibumi

For such a smart guy Dr. Carson is remarkably stupid.


2 posted on 11/30/2014 11:40:09 PM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.d)
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To: shibumi

That’s like the idiots who say “why didn’t Officer Jones just shoot the pistol out of his hand?” or “why didn’t Officer O’Leery just use his stun gun?” and etc...


3 posted on 11/30/2014 11:41:10 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: shibumi

Well, there goes my vote for president.

Last time I heard that one used, it was Warren Christopher asking the Delta Force commanding officer if he could refrain from killing Iranians of the ill fated hostage rescue mission and simply shoot them in the leg instead.


4 posted on 11/30/2014 11:42:25 PM PST by rdcbn
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To: shibumi

Hollywood shooting invading common sense


5 posted on 11/30/2014 11:44:06 PM PST by Nailbiter
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To: shibumi

Carson is a “nice guy” but not Presidential material.
He doesn’t fully understand the “rights come from God” thing either.


6 posted on 11/30/2014 11:44:45 PM PST by vanilla swirl (We are almost fully Soviet now, no gulags because we are not feared.)
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To: Lurker

This is just another on a list of anti-Second Amendment statements Carson has been making of late.


7 posted on 11/30/2014 11:45:34 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: vanilla swirl

Pleasant doesn’t necessarily mean moral.


8 posted on 11/30/2014 11:46:02 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: shibumi

Cops are not The Terminator. Whenever I hear “Shoot for the legs” I hear somebody who has watched too much Terminator 2, where a fake Arnold gets his face and torso meat shot off, and year gas immunity, but still proceeds to shoot with accuracy at cops’ legs. No basis in reality. In fact, Wilson was a good shot for having been just punched in the face.


9 posted on 11/30/2014 11:46:49 PM PST by Morpheus2009
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To: Lurker

There are lots of ways to be smart.

Dr, Carson’s way is not the way that gets you a long life on the streets or deserves to be embodied in the Oval Office.

Especially not when there’s Ted Cruz, who is at least as smart and far better grounded in the fundamentals of the Constitutional Republic and life in the real world.


10 posted on 11/30/2014 11:47:15 PM PST by shibumi ("Walk through the fire - Fly through the smoke")
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To: shibumi

He’s showing himself to be a NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME PLAYER. Sorry, being a nice guy and reasonably intelligent are not the only prerequisites for the presidency.


11 posted on 11/30/2014 11:48:53 PM PST by House Atreides
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To: shibumi

i never saw this man as presidential material...


12 posted on 11/30/2014 11:49:46 PM PST by latina4dubya (when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
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To: shibumi

Proof enough to me that Carson has never shot a handgun.


13 posted on 11/30/2014 11:49:55 PM PST by Zathras
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To: Zathras

But what does Zathras think?


14 posted on 11/30/2014 11:51:14 PM PST by shibumi ("Walk through the fire - Fly through the smoke")
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To: shibumi

Besides the fact that you’re much more likely to miss, it guarantees a ricochet every time you miss.

You shoot for the middle of the body mass, to make it more likely you get a hit, and to make it more likely to stop the perp.


15 posted on 11/30/2014 11:51:20 PM PST by zipper (In their heart of hearts, all Democrats are communists)
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To: shibumi
Looks like Doctor Carson forgot about the infamous femoral artery.
16 posted on 11/30/2014 11:51:45 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: shibumi

That’s pretty stupid, Doc.


17 posted on 11/30/2014 11:53:03 PM PST by ozzymandus
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To: shibumi

Yeah, aim for the legs and take your vision away from the perp and where his gun is pointed or what he is about to do. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

Haven’t been to keen on Carson but this is yet another indicator he is naive.


18 posted on 11/30/2014 11:55:02 PM PST by miele man
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To: zipper
Absolutely right.

The libs watch too much television.
19 posted on 11/30/2014 11:55:55 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: shibumi
Guaranteeing much higher casualty rates of bystanders and
lots more 2nd and 3rd chances for bad guys to shoot at cops.

It's just Hollywood stupid thinking.

20 posted on 11/30/2014 11:56:41 PM PST by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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