Three shots does not equal 'BLAZING AWAY' A shot to the leg or hip could have it the main artery and killed him just as dead. Hip shot could have crippled him for life (and millions in taxpayer funds to take care of him)
Sure, the kid was wrong for having the pellet gun. He also brought this on himself without question.
The cops didn't have to blaze away at this kid. Perhaps a well placed shot to the hip or leg.
This would have dropped the kid immediately writhing in pain.
Did ya really have to shoot the kid several times? Did ya really have to cap the kid in the head?
The cops assumption must be that when a kid comes into a classroom with a gun, it’s to shoot kids.
Having seen photos of the weapon in question, (no orange tip, looks like the real thing), I don’t think the cops had any choice.
If they hesitated and he got off a few rounds and killed some kids, the cops would get the blame.
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cops are trained to shoot to kill and are not allowed by department regulations to purposely try to wound a perp...and rightly so
that being said, the PD in Ogden, Utah should look at this cop for training their cops after 6 of theirs got shot(1 killed) overnight and they only just wounded the perp.
Sure. Just like in the movies /s
There’s a price to pay for stupidity, in this case, his life.
Based on the story here, the cop did the right thing, and I applaud him.
Ah, picture proves my point. I’m glad he’s dead. Stupid people shouldn’t be allowed to breath.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2828922/posts#1
You must be new. That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard.
You have a 0.2 second decision to make to protect your own life and the lives of hundreds of students and teachers and be sure to take careful aim....just like in the movies.
Blaze away, did they? They protected their lives.
Perhaps a well placed shot to the hip or leg.
This is real life, NOT the movies.
Yep, nother example of overzealous cops. Sure, the kid was wrong for having the pellet gun. He also brought this on himself without question.
The cops didn't have to blaze away at this kid. Perhaps a well placed shot to the hip or leg.
This would have dropped the kid immediately writhing in pain.
Did ya really have to shoot the kid several times? Did ya really have to cap the kid in the head?
- servantboy777, January 5, 2012
Nonsense. You either shoot to kill (hoping it takes the man down but doesn’t actually kill) or don’t shoot at all.
It seems like the police did the right thing here, but the issue is not whether they should have shot to kill or fired a “well placed shot to the hip or leg”, but whehter they should have fired at all.
This is the real world, not a Hollywood movie. Trying to shoot the gun out of an assailant’s hand like the Waco Kid is a good way to get officers and bystanders killed.
I think they should have shot the gun out of his hand.
/s
Yep, just shoot to wound and that way the kids parents could sue the police for a ton of money and in that area you can bet that they would have gotten a bunch. /s
I suspect that there will be lawsuits filed anyway even though the police had every justification to shoot.
My dad always told me if you screw up you’d better be willing to suffer the consequences. Too bad the kid didn’t use better judgment. I read that he had problems at school before. I guess he won’t any more.
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Let’s say:
This kid had a REAL gun with REAL bullets.........
You have a kid inside that school..........
The cops try to talk the perp out of what he is doing.......
Kid decides to start spraying walls & closed doors with bullets........
YOUR kid gets killed....are YOU still mad at these cops????
Bet you NOT.
Welcome to Freerepublic idiot. You are at the right place to become less ignorant.
Stupidest damn post of the year so far. How old are you? Any idea of the training SOP’s the LEO’s get for if/when confronted like this? Go back to your Hollywood movies.
Three shots does not equal 'BLAZING AWAY' A shot to the leg or hip could have it the main artery and killed him just as dead. Hip shot could have crippled him for life (and millions in taxpayer funds to take care of him)
Duhhhhhhhhhhhhh