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CNN Wolf Blitzer: Why Don’t Cops “Shoot to Wound?”
The Truth About Guns ^ | Aug 17, 2014 | Robert Farago

Posted on 08/18/2014 6:51:44 AM PDT by KeyLargo

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To: Old North State
Believe it or not, but it is true that the old time Los Angeles Police Chief William H. Parker during the 1950s and 1960s ordered his officers to only load and carry round nose lead bullets in their .38 revolvers.

No hollow points, or plus P ammo allowed.

Chief Parker's reasoning was that he believed many officers had their guns taken from them and were shot with their own guns. Therefore his thinking was that his officers would better survive such a shooting with their own gun!

Needless to say, many officers did not adhere to Parker's firearm policy!

101 posted on 08/18/2014 12:30:44 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: dfwgator

I think that might be staged.


102 posted on 08/18/2014 4:32:16 PM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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To: KeyLargo

USA to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer: Why Don’t You Shut Up?”


103 posted on 08/18/2014 8:30:46 PM PDT by Henry Hnyellar
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To: Vermont Lt
Yeah, aim for Center Mass. With the adrenaline pumping you are lucky to hit ANYTHING.

The fact that this cop put six bullets on target stunned me as remarkable. Remarkable as in, pretty damned good control.

Exactly!

What Wolf doesn't understand is a basic truth about real-world shooting situations: Even if you're a world-class shooter on the range, in a real life-and-death shoot you'll be lucky to hit that moving person at even five to ten yards. You couldn't reliably make a "wounding only" shot at three yards.

But more to the point: If you aren't faced with a deadly threat you have no business using a deadly weapon, especially in an intentionally non-deadly manner. "I'm sorry your honor, I didn't intend to kill him when I fired my pistol at him". It doesn't fly.

Said another way... If you have -time- to think about -where- to shoot somebody in order not to kill them, you shouldn't be shooting at all.

104 posted on 08/18/2014 8:49:49 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
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To: KeyLargo

I hereby invite Mr. Blitzer to visit the pistol range with me on a date of his choosing. I will supply the weapons and ammunition. He can provide the expertise on how to do that in a kinetic situation.


105 posted on 08/18/2014 8:55:39 PM PDT by AbnSarge
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To: KeyLargo
The Ferguson officer shot the 6.4 290lb ADULT four times in the arm but the wounding
didn't effect him, he kept charging the officer.

Cut, check the script, take two.

106 posted on 08/18/2014 8:58:39 PM PDT by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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To: Malone LaVeigh

Yeah, but whomever it hits is statistically less likely to be a liberal fellow traveler because they’re probably not in the midst of committing a crime. Might hit a Republican. Wolfie’s just playing the odds.


107 posted on 08/18/2014 9:37:18 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Conspiracy Guy

That’s just about automatic. CNN is filled with morons.


108 posted on 08/19/2014 5:42:57 AM PDT by Fred CHB
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To: KeyLargo

Toobin said police are trained to “never fire a warning shot” and to “never fire a shot to injure.” He explained that if police fire their guns, they must “accept the risk” that they are “gonna kill somebody.” Adding that: “If you are not prepared to kill someone, don’t fire the gun.”


Even a broken clock is right twice a day.


109 posted on 08/19/2014 6:25:09 AM PDT by cornfedcowboy
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To: 2001convSVT
I want one of these:

"The same routine unfolds in Ferguson after overnight protests, residents move in for the cleanup. Also, the QuikTrip is fenced off and off-limits."

110 posted on 08/19/2014 8:34:21 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: Fred CHB

Yep. It was a rhetorical statement on my behalf.


111 posted on 08/19/2014 10:53:22 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Stop wishing for a perfect world. You may get it. Who will you talk to then?)
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