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originally posted by: Sremmos80
a reply to: crazyewok
Cause a 93 year old women couldn't have not heard the warning...
originally posted by: Sremmos80
What if she dropped her gun at the second warning?
What if the gun was not loaded?
What if she didn't know how to shoot the gun?
What if her arthritis acted up and couldn't handle the trigger pull
All what if that could have resulted in a innocent getting shot and killed.
It simple, don't threaten people with guns and you wont risk getting shot.
originally posted by: TorqueyThePig
I just don't understand how people can comment on a job that they don't or have never done. Or how they think they know how to best handle a situation that they have never been in.
Let me ask the people who feel the officer was in the wrong. What would you have done in this situation?
Pistols are notorious for being poor at stopping human aggressors unless a head shot is used. We are trained to fire at the biggest target which is center mass. We are also trained to shoot until the aggressor goes down. There are tons of studies and youtube videos explaining how pistols suck at stopping with one shot.