drummer4now Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 This is what happens when people are mentally challenged/on drugs lol at all you suggesting tasers. Someone with a knife who clearly has a death wish coming at you and you're gonna use you're freaking taser? lol just lol Wow.. I wonder if he was on bath salts or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisbanks Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 The vast majority of british policemen do not carry guns.the vast majority of people in the UK do not have guns... every man and his dog in the USA have automatic weapons and guns better than the canadian military... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonMexico Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 every man and his dog in the USA have automatic weapons and guns better than the canadian military... What does that have to do with anything? It's the police that were doing the shooting here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 the vast majority of people in the UK do not have guns... every man and his dog in the USA have automatic weapons and guns better than the canadian military... The sad but funny thing is that it's true. There are state of the art guns that can easily be turned from a semi-automatic into a full fledged automatic owned by a whole lot of people. Buffalo just recently had a gun buy back program and a woman turned in an actual Uzi. That made me chuckle a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Ambien Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 The sad but funny thing is that it's true. There are state of the art guns that can easily be turned from a semi-automatic into a full fledged automatic owned by a whole lot of people. Buffalo just recently had a gun buy back program and a woman turned in an actual Uzi. That made me chuckle a bit. She needed to pawn it for money to grab a Kalashnikov before they're off shelves completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiggs50 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Why not just shoot him in the leg(s)?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Ambien Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Why not just shoot him in the leg(s)?? What if he had no legs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 She needed to pawn it for money to grab a Kalashnikov before they're off shelves completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Strangelove Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Why not just shoot him in the leg(s)?? Hard to hit someone in the legs when they're charging you with a weapon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VancouverCanucksRock Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 LOL if a clown is going to come at me with a knife, and I have a weapon. He'll have the magazine emptied into his chest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Bean bag shotguns mofos. That's all they need for daytime knife wielding morons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandmaster Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 LOL if a clown is going to come at me with a knife, and I have a weapon. He'll have the magazine emptied into his chest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drummer4now Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 LOL if a clown is going to come at me with a knife, and I have a weapon. He'll have the magazine emptied into his chest Moral of the story don't bring a knife to a gun fight. Mythbusters even did an episode on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 But if it were a clown with a knife wouldn't the knife be made of rubber? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red&white Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Why does everyone seem to think they know how to be a police officer? It's gotta be the hardest job out there. You are forced to make split second decisions and unfortunately this sometimes results in people dying. Why blame the police for this? If the guy was mentally unstable as mentioned, the blame goes well beyond the incident involving his unfortunate death. Poorly funded programs for those suffering with mental disorders is the root of this incident. All you have to do is look no further than the DTES. There are plenty of people who suffer from mental illness just wandering aimlessly about that could easily find themselves in a similar situation as the fella in this case. Should he have been shot and killed? Who I am to judge sitting here behind my keyboard? I wasn't the one who had a knife wielding guy with a metal disorder bearing down on me. This is the most reasonable comment in this whole thread. Unfortunately cases exist where lethal force has to be used to protect yourself and possibly others. You don't have time to think about someone's mental stability or alternate means of diffusing a situation, sadly a gun in certain situations is going to be your greatest chance at maintaining stability Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dral Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Sorry. It is getting harder to have a rational , logical , reasonable discussion on this forum becuase of people like him. when was the last time you had one of those on these boards ? the 80s ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Equal force is wrong. In a case where no time is given to use non violent methods to disarm the person or those methods prove unsuccessful the options become intermediate force (electronic or impact weapons, chemical sprays etc) or deadly force. If the guy is coming at you with a knife the standard reply is deadly force. The fact that he yelled "Kill me now" makes us assume he was committing suicide by cop. Equal force implies that if a guy comes at you with a knife you should engage in a knife fight with him. Ridiculous. The cops usually have the equipment advantage and I see no reason why they would want to give up that advantage in any situation. Of course we're not talking about the force literally being equal but something close to that. Had this been applied, Brown would still be alive right now. Just because you can unload your clip into a big brother doesn't mean you should. Because he "rushed" you despite clearly being unarmed doesn't justify using your gun. If the only way you can protect yourself is with a gun then you probably shouldn't be on the job. Plenty of US officers demonstrate that their first reaction is to pull their gun out. It's almost a lack of training it seems. "I don't know what else to do so i'll use my gun.." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That's What She Said Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Why not just shoot him in the leg(s)?? Because it's not a movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magician Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Why can't the cop just use fists like a man? ???? racists. If he’s wielding a knife? For real bro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down by the River Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Why not just shoot him in the leg(s)?? Police are specifically trained not to do this. Risk missing a narrow target and then you have no control over where the bullet ends up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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