Police Officers And Gun Training

[havok579257]

[quote name='stevil' timestamp='1347159673' post='2480432']
Yes, police need to play the odds.
It is their job to keep the public safe.
If it is safer for them not to engage in a shoot out then they shouldn't engage.
There is a reason why police generally don't shoot at a person when they are hidding behind a hostage. Bullets travel a good distance so it is also imporant to not shoot at someone if people are standing behind them.

So a judgement needs to be made, what action will be safest for the public.
In this instance the police got it horribly wrong.
[/quote]

so had the police done nothing and the gunman shot 10 more people, you would be saying they did a great job?

[Winchester]

So the message is that when a magical badge wearing angel of the State accidentally shoots innocent bystanders, that's okay because we have to stop bad guys.

However, non-magical, regular people without badges must not carry weapons because when their ordinary, non-magical bullets strike bystanders, that is a massive difference. It's all very metaphysical.


Got it.

[PhuturePriest]

How do people expect them to hit the broad side of a barn with a twelve pound trigger? Forget my previous post, I'm impressed that they can even pull the trigger, let alone shoot in one general direction!

Edited September 9, 2012 by FuturePriest387

[Ed Normile]

[quote name='Winchester' timestamp='1347193821' post='2480552']
So the message is that when a magical badge wearing angel of the State accidentally shoots innocent bystanders, that's okay because we have to stop bad guys.

However, non-magical, regular people without badges must not carry weapons because when their ordinary, non-magical bullets strike bystanders, that is a massive difference. It's all very metaphysical.


Got it.
[/quote]

Big Harry Potter fan ?

ed

[Winchester]

[quote name='Ed Normile' timestamp='1347209633' post='2480600']
Big Harry Potter fan ?

ed
[/quote]
5'1", 197. I wouldn't say I'm "big". I think that's average.

Also, not a Harry Potter fan. So no on both counts.

[Ice_nine]

5'1'' @197? Then you're morbidly obese.

But I'm sure that was just a "typo"

[Winchester]

[quote name='Ice_nine' timestamp='1347217671' post='2480661']
5'1'' @197? Then you're morbidly obese.

But I'm sure that was just a "typo"
[/quote]
5'11" Oops.

lol

[Nihil Obstat]

I think it is funnier to picture you as a 200 lb. borderline dwarf.

[img]http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01142/LittleBigMan_01_1142302a.jpg[/img]

[Jesus_lol]

[quote name='Winchester' timestamp='1347218361' post='2480672']
5'11" Oops.

lol
[/quote]

It gives me great satisfaction that I am 3 inches bigger than you.

[Winchester]

[quote name='Jesus_lol' timestamp='1347243259' post='2480845']
It gives me great satisfaction that I am 3 inches [s]bigger[/s] taller than you.
[/quote]
fxd

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='Winchester' timestamp='1347425897' post='2481582']
fxd
[/quote]
Nope.

[ardillacid]

[quote name='Winchester' timestamp='1347218361' post='2480672']
5'11" Oops.

lol
[/quote]If you're 5 foot 11", then I'm Andre the flooping Giant

[Winchester]

[quote name='ardillacid' timestamp='1347447014' post='2481610']
If you're 5 foot 11", then I'm Andre the flooping Giant
[/quote]
Argue with Cigna.

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' timestamp='1347426310' post='2481584']
Nope.
[/quote]
He's a beanpole.

[Norseman82]

There was a Groupon recently for a live fire zombie shoot:

[url="http://dmztactical.com/dmz-tacticals-zombie-eradication-shoot-2012/"]http://dmztactical.com/dmz-tacticals-zombie-eradication-shoot-2012/[/url]

[4588686]

[quote name='Jesus_lol' timestamp='1347243259' post='2480845']
It gives me great satisfaction that I am 3 inches bigger than you.
[/quote]

You are one inch taller than I am. But I'm larger. I have broad shoulders. Yes, that's what I mean.