Re: To Protect And Serve?


"Lee Bell" <pleebell2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "JOF" wrote
>
>> How would you have gone about shooting only him? Perhaps you could
>> share with the PD for future reference.
>
> In still air, with the right optics, I would put every shot in a head
> sized target at several hundred yards . . . and I'm not even close to as
> good as the best of the law enforcement or military snipers.
>
> The first time I read the article, I looked at Jayna and said "these guys
> made a big mistake." Since I wasn't there, I can't be sure what was right
> or what was wrong, but I can be sure that the results weren't positive.
> The article said that they had to fire to protect themselves because the
> criminal shot at them, with a shotgun, if I recall correctly.
>
> Had they chosen to withdraw instead, the victim might still be alive.

They did, and called SWAT and a negotiator.

> A shotgun has limited range. Anything over a couple hundred yards of so
> and you could shoot at me all day long with almost no chance at all of
> doing me significant harm.

Doesn't do much for other potential hostages in the motel, however.

> At a couple hundred yards, forget about a head shot. How about an eye
> shot . . . and I'm still not all that good.
>
> Feel free to share the information with the PD . . . or, if you prefer,
> refer them to any of hundreds of TV police dramas. Even the idiot TV
> writers know the answer to this one.
>
> Lee
>


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