pimpdave wrote:You have it all wrong. If it had been any other police department, at least twice if not three times as many bystanders would have been hit.
Why is that? Do standard issue sidearms of other police departments carry more bullets?
Have no doubt, if the cops had had more bullets in their weapons, more people would have been shot.
I would not be surprised at all if it turns out that the gunman, who as far as we know at the moment only fired three bullets (at his coworker whom he murdered), didn't shoot anyone else at all besides the single victim.
From the statement by the police, the gunman drew his weapon when the police confronted him and they shot him. The gunman was at almost point blank range, according to police statements thus far.
The first statements issued by the police was that the gunman opened fire on the police officers. They have since backed away from that claim saying now that the gunman may have never shot at the police officers. The gunman didn't have enough time to fire at the cops, the cops were blazing away hitting everything and everyone.
Of course, the cops had to shoot the guy, he was drawing down on them. But come on man, two cops, less than five feet away, can't take down the gunman without shooting at least nine other people in the process? Sheesh. Those cops opened up and they didn't stop pulling the trigger until they'd emptied their guns, at which point they were probably dry firing a few more times before they realized they were out of bullets.
So, what does everyone think? Should the police have issued weapons have smaller magazines so they can't shoot so many innocent bystanders at one time?
Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 12:22 pm