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Re:Agents raid home of fired Florida data scientist who buil... by giardini on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @03:59PM (#25351272)
bigyikes says >"It really blew my mind that I could aim directly at a human-sized target only 6 feet away and totally miss."<

No surprise. Even after years of training many, if not most, police officers miss close-up shots more often than they hit. There's a surveillance video somewhere of a security guard and a perp shooting their firearms at each other from about 3 feet apart: they miss every shot. One had a revolver and the other a semi-automatic. It is somewhat reminiscent of the "apartment scene" in Pulp Fiction but even wilder and less believable:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6YBKdmOlM8

Shooting a target at a range is very different from drawing and shooting at real people who are moving toward/away from you, possibly with ill intent and possibly armed.

For police, entering a building with a search warrant is not something to be done with a firearm holstered. You have no idea what you're up against in that situation.

Re:Agents raid home of fired Florida data scientist who buil... by rkuykendall-com on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @05:23PM (#25352252)
> For police, entering a building with a search warrant is not something to be done with a firearm holstered. You have no idea what you're up against in that situation.

This is a ridiculous rationalization that could be applied to literally anyone or anything.