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Best figures I've seen show ~164 civilian deaths from police shooting so far this year. That's <0.02% the population. Somehow this is considered some kind of epidemic. Roughly 1,500,000 cops, 164 deaths. Yeah, that's an epidemic.
Here's the thing though. Here's what IS GONNA happen:
Coos were already slowing down due to the "Ferguson Effect". But NOW? It's gonna come to a halt.
Especially with this veiled threat from the Imam in Chief.....all but excusing the cops being killed.
You are about to see crime in America soar back to the epidemic levels of the 1980s. Remember "New Jack City"? "Boyz in Tha Hood"? The days when NYC was having 2500 murders a year rather than 300 or so under Giuliani???
Buckle up folks. It's coming.
Thank Democrats too when you can't even go to a WalMart alone or anywhere near downtown past sundown. We're about 2 or 3 years from that reality. Just wait....
Best figures I've seen show ~164 civilian deaths from police shooting so far this year. That's <0.02% the population. Somehow this is considered some kind of epidemic. Roughly 1,500,000 cops, 164 deaths. Yeah, that's an epidemic.
Aiming at the center mass results in almost certain loss of life. And if by chance the suspect isn't dead, the barrage of bullets that follows will ensure his death. But don't take my word for it, just look at the evidence.
Often it does. But that's not the immediate intent, which is to simply stop the threat. If a cop was intent on killing a suspect he'd aim for the head. A head shot is more likely to be fatal than a body shot. If lethal force is justified the cop should aim for center mass. If lethal force is not justified then the cop shouldn't shoot at all but use non-lethal means to take a suspect into custody, such as tasers, non-lethal bean-bag rounds, etc. Aiming for legs would just place cops and bystanders in more danger.
Haha. If there is one thing that self-identifies someone as not knowing anything about firearms it's the old "shoot them in the leg" canard. Shooting a moving target isn't easy. Aiming for a moving target in the leg is great way to get killed.
No -- it identifies the person as not knowing anything about reality beyond what appears on his tv.
No -- it identifies the person as not knowing anything about reality beyond what appears on his tv.
When someone says to aim for a leg, it tells me that they've never shot a gun before. They've never been to a range with moving targets or even pop up targets for someone to say something so damn stupid.
Haha. If there is one thing that self-identifies someone as not knowing anything about firearms it's the old "shoot them in the leg" canard. Shooting a moving target isn't easy. Aiming for a moving target in the leg is great way to get killed.
Well, I see that the current practice led indeed to cops being killed. And I am not sure we are done yet. Imagine if these unarmed black men (that were killed by LE) were only wounded, perhaps the boiling point we are currently at could be adverted. And many of these black man weren't moving targets. They were stationary, either in a car or pinned down under a cop. Even when a mentally ill man is threatening the officer with a knife, shooting him (if there is no other alternative) from 10 feet away in the legs is preferable to 35 bullets aimed at his turso. It is the norm in most developed countries around the globe although there are always risks in those situations.
Look at what covering your ears while burying your heads in the sand and screaming that everyone who criticizes cops are "anti-cop" or a "cop hater" has gotten us.
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