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  • Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post

    And I'm sure you know this, but it bears repeating: an officer firing a "warning shot" is pure Hollywood, because that bullet has to land somewhere, and just because it was fired as a warning doesn't magically make a piece of lead traveling at a high velocity any less deadly.
    What is amazing is just how many people who's only experience with firearms is what they've seen on TV or in movies (and just maybe the one time their dad let them fire his shotgun a couple times when they were a teen), seem to know all about the best way to use them.

    I'm always still in trouble again

    "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
    "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
    "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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    • Originally posted by Sparko View Post

      He could have shot the car!!!
      Bullets can ricochet.
      Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
      But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
      Than a fool in the eyes of God


      From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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      • Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post

        That assertion is, of course, a blatant lie. The officer didn't draw his weapon until after he saw that Bryant was armed with a knife after she had knocked another girl to the ground and verbally threatened to stab her.
        But we chose truth over facts.

        I'm always still in trouble again

        "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
        "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
        "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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        • Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post

          Bullets can ricochet.
          That's why we need safer bullets!

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          The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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          • Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post

            Bullets can ricochet.
            Or blow up the car! don't you ever watch cop shows?

            I know! He should have only had rubber bullets!

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            • Originally posted by Sparko View Post

              Or blow up the car! don't you ever watch cop shows?

              I know! He should have only had rubber bullets!
              Surely there was a convenient tree nearby, or a building with wooden siding that he could have safely fired a warning shot into. Heck, what about the car's tires? A tire would probably have absorbed a bullet.

              (I've actually heard liberals make similar comments with regards to other police shootings, as if an officer is going to have time to scan the immediate vicinity looking for a soft object he can use as the target for a warning shot instead of focusing his full attention on the threat immediately in front of him.)
              Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
              But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
              Than a fool in the eyes of God


              From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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              • Originally posted by Sparko View Post

                Or blow up the car! don't you ever watch cop shows?

                I know! He should have only had rubber bullets!
                Aren't rubber bullets racist?

                I'm always still in trouble again

                "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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                • Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post

                  Surely there was a convenient tree nearby, or a building with wooden siding that he could have safely fired a warning shot into. Heck, what about the car's tires? A tire would probably have absorbed a bullet.

                  (I've actually heard liberals make similar comments with regards to other police shootings, as if an officer is going to have time to scan the immediate vicinity looking for a soft object he can use as the target for a warning shot instead of focusing his full attention on the threat immediately in front of him.)
                  well, there is always the ground.

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                  • stolen from rogue06

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                    • Or have instant Batman ninja skills! Sorry, cops aren't protagonists in superhero comic books that can magically save everyone.
                      If it weren't for the Resurrection of Jesus, we'd all be in DEEP TROUBLE!

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                      • Originally posted by Sparko View Post

                        well, there is always the ground.
                        Again, bullets ricochet.
                        Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
                        But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
                        Than a fool in the eyes of God


                        From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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                        • Originally posted by Christianbookworm View Post
                          Or have instant Batman ninja skills! Sorry, cops aren't protagonists in superhero comic books that can magically save everyone.
                          But... if they had batarangs! Or maybe something like Xena's chakram.

                          I'm always still in trouble again

                          "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                          "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                          "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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                          • Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post

                            Again, bullets ricochet.
                            not if you shoot into the grass/dirt.

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                            • Why couldn't he set the gun on stun like star trek?

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                              • Originally posted by Sparko View Post

                                not if you shoot into the grass/dirt.


                                Just usually not nearly as well.

                                I'm always still in trouble again

                                "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                                "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                                "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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