Re: 8 white cops, 1 black homeless man, 46 bullets
Nov 3rd, 2014But ammo is expensive, and the government doesn't pay for mine, so maybe a .40 cal pistol. He didn't look like enough of a threat to justify automatic fire. Well, except to cops.
Nope, just two automatic rifles, one Thompson, three shotguns, four rifles (including a beautiful British 1916 Lee-Enfield .303), and. . . umm. . . seven pistols.
For personal defence.
is that because you keep your friends close and your enemies closer?
And here's me thinking that Yanks are prone to overkill.
I feel a bit silly now...
No, the word you're looking for is "stupid." The only thing I've killed in decades is some game and a whole lot of paper. That you don't understand the difference between owning guns and being violent is kinda sad, but really funny.
In Britain we just arm ourselves with deadly weapons lying about the home.
My mate Stuart keeps a snooker cue on top of the heater in his hallway near the front door, and always has a snooker ball in a sock ready, in case an intruder comes in.
If anyone comes in my flat to do no good I'd just wrap my cricket bat around his or her head.
That's how we are in Britain. Just the right amount of force necessary to do the job in hand rather than turning our homes into an ammunition dump as you lot do in Yankeeland. Five shotguns, four rifles, seven handguns, five RPS, three bazookas and a selection of mines is not needed to fend off a burglar. Again, it's just typical Yank overkill. You have no need whatsoever for all those weapons. It's using a sledgehammer to kill an ant.
We're also prepared to actually go up to the intruder to inflict physical damage on them in Britain. Not like the Yanks where they just stand well back and pull a trigger.
America home defence: Five shotguns, four rifles, seven handguns, five RPS, three bazookas and a selection of mines.
Britain home defence: Cricket bat and/or snooker ball in a sock.
Sounds like you and Stewie have a real good understanding. Planning on getting hitched, or just gonna free-form it?
Wow, are you really stupid enough to think that I have all my guns for a burglar?
You think pulling a trigger doesn't inflict physical damage?
So, now you're lying again, just like the "half dozen ships, including an aircraft carrier." You just can't help it, can you?
Nah, I like to keep my friends within seven meters, and my enemies out at 200 or so.
No, the word you're looking for is "stupid." The only thing I've killed in decades is some game and a whole lot of paper. That you don't understand the difference between owning guns and being violent is kinda sad, but really funny.
If I had to choose, probably the Tommy chopper. Not much range, but it has the advantage that if you hit a man, he goes down and stays down.
But ammo is expensive, and the government doesn't pay for mine, so maybe a .40 cal pistol. He didn't look like enough of a threat to justify automatic fire. Well, except to cops.
Just a few thoughts on this debacle.
To start off, there are 8 policemen, all armed, and a man with a pen knife. For some unknown reason this caused a standoff. There was no identifiable organization or clear thinking. and the tension was growing by the minute........made worse by the idiot with the dog who kept releasing the dog on a few feet of rope and then yanking it back again, and the helicopter overhead. I don't know if there was any way the potential perp could have saved himself except by throwing himself on the ground. Would anyone throw themselves down in front of an attack dog? These cops were determined to shoot someone. Once one cop fired, they all had to fire. After the guy was down, 9 more shots were fired. Did he actually have a pen knife? I would have fired all of these cops
agreed, and eight cops couldn't take it away from him. Maybe some training could help.
I have seen small unarmed social workers handle worse. I have handled worse. It disgusts me.
And say you were by yourself in this exact instance, and you attempted to get the penknife away from him (or he went at you). You have no guarantee that you will escape unscathed, and you could very easily have been stabbed in the carotid artery. All it takes is a second. A second. And then YOU are dead (which I certainly would not want to happen, obviously) and he is still armed and dangerous. ALL the training in the world doesn't mean squat when faced with the uncertainty principle, where anything could happen.
And that is what a police officer has to think of. One second, one split second, and the guy could be just that much faster than he is, and then it is all over, at least for him. His family gets to live with the fact that their father/husband/brother/son died in the line of duty.
And say you were by yourself in this exact instance, and you attempted to get the penknife away from him (or he went at you). You have no guarantee that you will escape unscathed, and you could very easily have been stabbed in the carotid artery. All it takes is a second. A second. And then YOU are dead (which I certainly would not want to happen, obviously) and he is still armed and dangerous. ALL the training in the world doesn't mean squat when faced with the uncertainty principle, where anything could happen.
And that is what a police officer has to think of. One second, one split second, and the guy could be just that much faster than he is, and then it is all over, at least for him. His family gets to live with the fact that their father/husband/brother/son died in the line of duty.