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“..to nearby BB & Sales Gun store to acquire rifles to match the ones fired by the suspects..”
Nothing like the heat of a gunfight to decide it’s time to upgrade your weaponry. Did the cops pass the background check and California’s 10 day waiting period?
That Hollywood gun battle was epic and terrifying.
The Platt/Mattix cluster**** in Florida had more to do with the terrible judgement of the FIBs involved than the guns they were using.
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Did you get Ayoob’s permission to take his work and post it here, just to pimp your own blog with it?
So how did dogs get caught up in these tactics?
Remember one situation where the police officer's prescription glasses fell off in an ensuing accident.
In addition to factors learned in the N Hollywood 1997 shoot, I recall that the officers began shooting a lot of ricochets off the pavement, many of which found homes in perpetrator flesh.
In the aftermath of the tragedy, the FBI phased out revolvers and .38 Special ammunition. Agents were also eventually issued H&K MP5 submachine guns for high-risk encounters.
Once you have a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.
FBI's Miami Firefight-The Ultimate After Action Report
There's also a great book with the forensic analysis of the two felons wounds. Unfortunately the price has gotten absurd. Forensic Analysis Of The April 11, 1986, FBI Firefight
Somewhere online there must be a cheap PDF copy.
The government wants you dead. Turns out the Black Panthers were right.
Don’t bring a bobby stick to a gun fight.
“The gunman had also been struck in the vest with a rifled shotgun slug.”
I’ve read that the slug to the bulletproof vest compressed his chest and stopped his heart, which killed him.
A better than average AM shooting article :)