Originally Posted by HoreTore
Do the authorities not realize how far a bullet can fly and still be lethal.
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Do the authorities not realize how far a bullet can fly and still be lethal.
Last edited by PanzerJaeger; 07-08-2008 at 16:38. Reason: spellin'
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Police are trained differently from your average civilian self-defense course. Their function is different, so their training is different. This is a basic problem when people think, for example, that soldiers and police are interchangeable.
If a civilian draws a gun, he'd better be ready to use it. I can think of a number of situations in which a cop would draw a gun with only a marginal possibility of firing it. Heck, I've seen a couple of those situations.
All of which is a long-winded way of saying that it's perfectly understandable for a police officer to give some sort of warning before firing on a suspect. Not sure that a "warning shot" is the best possible solution, but it's not completely absurd, either.
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Very true. Drawing is far different than shooting, though. Police definitely draw their weapons quite a bit, but it would be interesting to see if warning shots are SOP in some of these larger urban areas. I know here in Memphis the cops are trained not to do that.
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I'd say about..... 5 metres?
Warning shots aren't fired up in the air, you know.
Still maintain that crying on the pitch should warrant a 3 match ban
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Physics must work differently up there. In any event, I'd hate to be in front of someone firing a warning shot onto a city street.
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Well where I was standing guard there was a mud road, so they should be safe enough....
And remember that cops aren't allowed to carry firearms in this country.
Still maintain that crying on the pitch should warrant a 3 match ban
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Oh, ok. I didn't know that.
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They throw their baton in the air instead
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Shooting downwards is not always as safe as you might think.
CRA 25-year-old man pleaded not guilty to reckless endangerment after shooting into a lake in the direction of a campground, not realizing his bullets were bouncing off the water and forcing campers to seek cover, authorities said.
Ja Mata, Tosa.
The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storm may enter; the rain may enter; but the King of England cannot enter – all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement! - William Pitt the Elder
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Shooting into the ground is still SOP here in San Diego County with the PD's, after a couple of errant air-shots of warning in the early 80's (I'm told).
On "Interior Guard" at Ft Knox, '72 (non-combat zone), the Army called for an air-shot of warning with your sidearm, a three-second count, then engage the target, center-of-mass, with your main firearm (shotgun, M14 or M16, depending on what you were guarding) while yelling for the Commander of Relief. I wonder if that has changed.
Note: I never had opportunity to employ that SOP; my guard duty there was remarkably unremarkable.
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I LIKE this law!!!
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