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Cops 5: Barney Fife, Now in Real Life!
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But why do they have an accuracy rate around the Mendoza Line?
Re: Cops 5: Barney Fife, Now in Real Life!
They hire the wrong people/budgets. Combo of both.
They hire the wrong people/budgets. Combo of both.
Slap Shot
I got nothing
Re: Cops 5: Barney Fife, Now in Real Life!
It's a lot easier to shoot at a target that's not shooting back.
It's a lot easier to shoot at a target that's not shooting back.
The Sicatoka
Kicizapi Cetan
Re: Cops 5: Barney Fife, Now in Real Life!
No.
Stop the threat.
If you fire and they fall or retreat, they are stopped. At that point, continuing to fire is no longer defensive.
No.
Stop the threat.
If you fire and they fall or retreat, they are stopped. At that point, continuing to fire is no longer defensive.
The Sicatoka
Kicizapi Cetan
Re: Cops 5: Barney Fife, Now in Real Life!
Because real life is not a Hollywood movie or video game.
Because real life is not a Hollywood movie or video game.
St. Clown
Liberal Rebel Scum, apparently
Re: Cops 5: Barney Fife, Now in Real Life!
How accurately do you think people shoot when their dodging bullets themselves? Real life soldiers and cops are more like Storm Troopers than they are John McClane from Die Hard.
How accurately do you think people shoot when their dodging bullets themselves? Real life soldiers and cops are more like Storm Troopers than they are John McClane from Die Hard.
unofan
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So then how do more good guys with guns make things safer?
The Sicatoka
Kicizapi Cetan
Re: Cops 5: Barney Fife, Now in Real Life!
So are you saying disarm the police or hire fewer cops?
So are you saying disarm the police or hire fewer cops?
Slap Shot
I got nothing
Re: Cops 5: Barney Fife, Now in Real Life!
I would wager he is not in this context.
I would wager he is not in this context.
When you pull the trigger, you should have a clear sight picture of the target. Spray and pray is for AK-47s.
The Sicatoka
Kicizapi Cetan
St. Clown
Liberal Rebel Scum, apparently
Re: Cops 5: Barney Fife, Now in Real Life!
And when a flurry of gun shots are headed in your general direction, how much time do police and soldiers take to aim their weapons? Are they getting a general aim, or a careful aim used during target practice? Muscle memory can only account for so much when your life is on the line.
And when a flurry of gun shots are headed in your general direction, how much time do police and soldiers take to aim their weapons? Are they getting a general aim, or a careful aim used during target practice? Muscle memory can only account for so much when your life is on the line.
Re: Cops 5: Barney Fife, Now in Real Life!
I raised the question about target policy because in quite a few cases officers have been poised with their guns drawn and aimed when the suspect made the threatening move. They were already locked in. Not all, of course, but many seem to have been that way.
I raised the question about target policy because in quite a few cases officers have been poised with their guns drawn and aimed when the suspect made the threatening move. They were already locked in. Not all, of course, but many seem to have been that way.
The Sicatoka
Kicizapi Cetan
Re: Cops 5: Barney Fife, Now in Real Life!
I'm not sure there's a universal standard for when police are allowed to draw from the holster.
I'm not sure there's a universal standard for when police are allowed to draw from the holster.
Re: Cops 5: Barney Fife, Now in Real Life!
I didn't think of that. There may be uniform protocol as to when they can even unholster?
I didn't think of that. There may be uniform protocol as to when they can even unholster?
Handyman
Hug someone you care about...
Re: Cops 5: Barney Fife, Now in Real Life!
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-cards="hidden" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">LAPD commander and sergeant charged after police say they were drunk in unmarked cruiser <a href="https://t.co/s5UCHM2gmj">https://t.co/s5UCHM2gmj</a> <a href="https://t.co/fFmiFapZmE">pic.twitter.com/fFmiFapZmE</a></p>— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) <a href="https://twitter.com/latimes/status/1037121908599390210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 4, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Re: Cops 5: Barney Fife, Now in Real Life!
I think, THINK, it's when you are in fear of your safety/life/etc etc or the safety of others and other methods would be considered ineffective (such as, a taser wouldn't work for a guy 100 yards away shooting up sh*).
That being said, I think that definition could be tightened up a bit. Or have the cops better trained. Better yet, don't hire people who are unfit for the job. The meatheads who just wanna shoot sh*.
I think, THINK, it's when you are in fear of your safety/life/etc etc or the safety of others and other methods would be considered ineffective (such as, a taser wouldn't work for a guy 100 yards away shooting up sh*).
That being said, I think that definition could be tightened up a bit. Or have the cops better trained. Better yet, don't hire people who are unfit for the job. The meatheads who just wanna shoot sh*.
FadeToBlack&Gold
Microlot Marxist
Re: Cops 5: Barney Fife, Now in Real Life!
For one, we can start by better vetting the ex-mil applicants. Being combat trained does not automatically make one well-suited for police work.
For one, we can start by better vetting the ex-mil applicants. Being combat trained does not automatically make one well-suited for police work.
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