Ammon Bundy, 3 others arrested in Oregon amid shots fired – reports

[leastprime]

Our police force is much too trigger happy.
The car is surrounded by coppers. No other cars around out in one of the most desolate counties in the USA. He wasn't going anywhere, and his pea shooter isn't going to do much against shelter opposing force.

[mohawkx]

Originally Posted by leastprime

Our police force is much too trigger happy.
The car is surrounded by coppers. No other cars around out in one of the most desolate counties in the USA. He wasn't going anywhere, and his pea shooter isn't going to do much against shelter opposing force.

What's your point?

[Goodnight]

Originally Posted by leastprime

Our police force is much too trigger happy.
The car is surrounded by coppers. No other cars around out in one of the most desolate counties in the USA. He wasn't going anywhere, and his pea shooter isn't going to do much against shelter opposing force.

So we have someone with a gun that has already claimed he won't be taken alive and ran a road block, you're the police officer. What is your immediate reaction when he reaches inside his jacket, do you say shucks it's just a pea shooter let's see what happens?

[Dane_in_LA]

Originally Posted by leastprime

Our police force is much too trigger happy.

At times, very much so. This, however, was a textbook example of justified lethal force.

He wasn't going anywhere

Irrelevant. Apprehending Finicum is no longer the main objective, getting all LEOs out of there alive is.

and his pea shooter isn't going to do much against shelter opposing force.

9 mm rounds will kill a man just fine.