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To: TheThirdRuffian
In short, unless you got a head or upper spinal cord shot, keep shooting.

Which is why cops end up emptying their Glocks in a shooting, and you get these crazy round counts. 17 rounds times five officers equals 85 shots fired.

17 posted on 07/26/2011 5:09:48 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Yo-Yo

I’ve heard that in a typical police firefight, something like 80% of all shots miss their target; out of that 17 rounds from your service pistol, you might get 3 on target.

I believe there’s even some Youtube videos of an officer and a suspect trading 30 rounds at a distance of 10 feet - and neither was hit.

High capacity firearms aren’t needed because a 9mm isn’t a sufficient caliber, it’s because most of your shots will completely miss - so you need a much higher capacity to begin with.


39 posted on 07/26/2011 6:35:38 PM PDT by FromTheSidelines ("everything that deceives, also enchants" - Plato)
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