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Carson: Cops Could Be Trained to Shoot For The Legs
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| 25 November 2014
| Ian Hanchett
Posted on 11/30/2014 11:37:57 PM PST by shibumi
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To: Lurker
Be careful, you will awaken the FR Carson-bots and they will go after you
:-p :-)
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posted on
12/01/2014 12:59:59 AM PST
by
SteveH
To: shibumi
Ok but can Mike Browns be taught to shoot at legs?
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posted on
12/01/2014 1:03:42 AM PST
by
rawcatslyentist
(Jeremiah 50:32 "The arrogant one will stumble and fall ; / ?)
To: Slings and Arrows; shibumi
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posted on
12/01/2014 1:14:15 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(People who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: shibumi
I was a Dr Carson apologist. He lost me. Next.
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posted on
12/01/2014 1:17:43 AM PST
by
Salvavida
(The restoration of the U.S.A. starts with filling the pews at every Bible-believing church.)
To: Darksheare
Rules to live by, my FRiend.
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posted on
12/01/2014 1:27:54 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
("I Only Love You When I'm Drunk" - http://youtu.be/uT-tCbvfDUg)
To: rdcbn
omigod, Warren Christopher. A dove’s dove.
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posted on
12/01/2014 1:44:12 AM PST
by
Usagi_yo
(Coming events caste their shadow beforehand.)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
12/01/2014 1:44:37 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(People who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: Darksheare
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posted on
12/01/2014 1:47:36 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
("I Only Love You When I'm Drunk" - http://youtu.be/uT-tCbvfDUg)
To: Doug Loss
I wrote this back in the original Ferguson days, but it's just as valid today, and bears repeating.
I find it amazing how all our armchair firearms experts are debating the fine points of aiming, the number of shots, the placements, etc.
Just some practical info for all. When the human body goes under stress, the first thing to go is the fine motor skills. That means that your pinpoint aim is gone. That is why LEOs are trained to shoot center mass. They are also trained to shoot to stop the threat. That means if they are in fear for their life, they shoot until the threat stops. There is no such thing as shoot to wound. If you have a threat coming at you, you have maybe 1-3 seconds to decide what to do and the do it. If you are injured or in severe pain, the situation is even worse.
There is much ado about how many shots were fired. Whether it takes 2 45ACP rounds to the head, or 10 9mm rounds to the body, the officer will continue to shoot until the threat stops. His aim will be imprecise, and his adrenaline level will be astronomical.
A street situation of do or die is not anywhere near punching holes in paper at a range. Im pretty damn accurate at a range, not so much under stress.
So while everyone second-guesses the officer, just imagine yourself in that situation. You have already been assaulted and wounded. The thug has tried to take your weapon, obviously not to turn it in for $50 at the local gun buy-back, and he is now charging, all 64 close to 300 pounds of him leaving not much question that he means you harm. So, do you count shots? How many are enough if he is still charging? Should you stop and ask if hes done attacking you? That is why LEOs are trained to shoot center mass and shoot until the threat is stopped. You would do exactly the same.
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posted on
12/01/2014 1:51:35 AM PST
by
Cololeo
To: Slings and Arrows
The part about chow and friendly fire is spot on.
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posted on
12/01/2014 1:55:13 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(People who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: shibumi
How about issuing BB guns? Yea, that's the ticket.......
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posted on
12/01/2014 1:56:44 AM PST
by
MaxMax
(Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
To: shibumi
Why go for the legs? Just shoot the gun out of a poor misguided criminal’s hand, and the guy can still do his homework, without pain, while waiting to be rehabilitated.
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posted on
12/01/2014 2:31:13 AM PST
by
Pollster1
("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
To: shibumi
To: Lurker
His Black/Leftist indoctrination continues to linger...
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posted on
12/01/2014 2:36:59 AM PST
by
newfreep
("Evil succeeds when good men do nothting" - Edmund Burke)
To: shibumi
OK Ben. “Shoot for the legs” it’ll be..
on one condition. The weapons go full auto.
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posted on
12/01/2014 2:40:48 AM PST
by
ScottinVA
(We either destroy ISIS there... or fight them here. Pick one, America.)
To: Nailbiter
Only if people carried empty cardboard boxes - bullets don’t go through that...I saw it in the 80’s on The A Team!
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posted on
12/01/2014 2:42:55 AM PST
by
BCW
(ARMIS EXPOSCERE PACEM)
To: shibumi
Still better than Rand Paul’s recommendation, which was that the cop should have turned the gun around and shot himself, so as to help “mitigate the injustice”, as he sees it. Just kidding, but would any of us really be surprised if Paul had said that (and it’s also what he wants the Republican Party to do).
In any case, Dr. Carson will do a lot better telling his people to start behaving than telling cops how to do their jobs.
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posted on
12/01/2014 2:44:17 AM PST
by
BobL
(I'm so old, I can remember when most hate crimes were committed by whites - Thomas Sowell, 2014)
To: shibumi
Again I send out my warning...
* The good Dr Carson will be the Huckabee of 08' in 16'
* He will siphon off enough Christian and Conservative votes to allow a RINO to take the brass ring.
* Surgeon General in the Walker/? Administration? Definitely.
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posted on
12/01/2014 2:47:57 AM PST
by
taildragger
(Not my Circus, Not my Monkey ( Boy does that apply to DC...))
To: shibumi
I used to think highly of him. Lost all common sense. Still sticking with Cruz/West.
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posted on
12/01/2014 2:48:52 AM PST
by
laweeks
To: Olog-hai
Looks like Doctor Carson forgot about the infamous femoral artery. Or what is at the juncture of those legs...
The shot is about stopping the perp. Period.
DRT works.
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posted on
12/01/2014 2:53:11 AM PST
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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