Re:LAPD arrests man on suspicion of making deadly swatting c...
by averagewall on Sunday December 31, 2017 @02:54PM
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That happened in New Zealand a few years ago. The police missed their target (an actual active shooter running on foot) and instead killed the driver of a nearby van. I don't know how you can be trained to use a gun and not learn about looking at what you're shooting it at.
Re:LAPD arrests man on suspicion of making deadly swatting c...
by wl on Sunday December 31, 2017 @04:04PM
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Handguns are difficult to use. Moving targets are hard to hit. Extensive training helps, but many people who have found them in situations where they need to use that training have found their performance suffers.
Imagine the person that called the police to investigate someone with a possible weapon in a hotel, moments later police show up in SWAT gear with AR-15s and discharge them in the hallway, with many other rooms around, and kill an innocent man. Worse, bullets could have gone into rooms or out the window into the parking lot and who knows where else. Why not rubber bullets, why not a taser, why an AR-15 in a hotel hallway?
Next time you see one of these shootings, watch the disregard in some for who is behind the person the police are shooting at [1][2][3] whether justified or not, it is a bit scary. It is getting to the point that maybe it is safer to not call police, what if you were robbed and they come in and shoot the guy in front or you house, bullets everywhere?
[1] http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/25/justice/south-carolina-trooper...
[2] https://nypost.com/video/cop-fatally-shoots-suicidal-man/
[3] http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2017/12/10/daniel-shaver-philip...