• KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      <.< Well, y’see, a taser and a gun are very similar in these instances. You take it out, point it at the target, and pull the trigger.

      Since there were two cops, that means there were two tasers. Funny how two guns were used though, as if they never even considered using their tasers?

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        Well, y’see, a taser and a gun are very similar in these instances

        Yes. Yes, they are.

        Sometimes I forget that most people have zero training in defensive force.

        Tell me: how accurately can well-trained personnel put rounds on target in immediate, defensive situations? How many hits can they land in the time it takes an attacker to land his first blow? How many misses? How about by his second blow? I know what I have been taught, but you’re not going to trust me. Go find that number.

        When you find the real-world hit percentages in close-quarters combat. multiply it times two for the number of times they can shoot their tasers.

        If that number is less than 1, the attacker is more likely to land a blow than not.

        Next, multiply it by 30 to 38, for the number of times they could shoot their handguns. Now you have a reasonable tool for stopping a deadly attack.

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          Most adults would take a knife to the arm to protect a child, but god forbid taking a garden tool to the arm to not shoot one.

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            This kid’s own family was unwilling to take such a hit from this kid, but you expect it from a complete stranger?

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        Did you watch the video? Remember: each and every blow the kid lands with that weapon has the possibility of permanently maiming, disfiguring, or killing the officer.

        Watching the video, the officer was able to draw his gun, but was not able to get it on target before the kid was within striking distance, and swinging his weapon at the officer’s head or upper body. The video ends before we see who actually fired the shots.

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          Remember: each and every blow the kid lands with that weapon has the possibility of permanently maiming, disfiguring, or killing the officer.

          That’s the risk of being in a job that isn’t even in the top 20 most dangerous jobs in America.

          As you were told elsewhere, soldiers in war zones wouldn’t act this way and their job is far more dangerous.

          You’re just encouraging police cowardice. Not that it needs to be encouraged.

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            8 months ago

            You always know you’re going to hear some pig fellating boot sucking shit take when someone calls oinkers “officer”.

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            8 months ago

            Gotcha.

            It is “cowardice” to take effective steps to stop an attacker from jamming a garden hoe in your neck.

            Understood.

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              So there are no possible effective steps that could have been taken without murdering the boy?

              Amazing cops aren’t murdered constantly in Europe.