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Officer with Rifle Takes Out Alleged Police Attacker from 180+ Yards
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<blockquote data-quote="Chuckie" data-source="post: 3870345" data-attributes="member: 42584"><p>I agree. As I see it [from my armchair quarterback position] the cop rolls up to the situation as a back-up Officer with the only long gun in the group (perhaps even called to the scene because he had a long gun). </p><p></p><p>All the 'please', 'pretty please', and 'pretty please with a cherry on top' begging has already been directed to the active shooter from the other Officers that were already on scene, with no compliance nor intention of compliance forthcoming.</p><p></p><p>Being that the 'shooter' refused to stop firing his weapon at the Officers and refuses to comply with lawful requests (orders) to cease endangering others, the only immediate option available is to apply <strong>potentially</strong> lethal force to end the situation.</p><p></p><p>I would like to believe that the Officer wielding the long gun did not exit his police vehicle with the predetermined mindset or intent to kill, but rather to just stop the subject from killing anyone. </p><p></p><p>Using an AR platform gun that was not likely to have been sighted in as well as it should have been, an AR that is not typically treated delicately (banged against things, bounced around in a trunk thus affecting sighting), an AR that was probably only routinely fired during required range sessions, Officer training that emphasized only 'center of mass' aiming, and sighting on a human sized <strong>moving</strong> target at 180+ yards with a Red Dot, I would expect that there would have been a high probability of that shot as being fatal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chuckie, post: 3870345, member: 42584"] I agree. As I see it [from my armchair quarterback position] the cop rolls up to the situation as a back-up Officer with the only long gun in the group (perhaps even called to the scene because he had a long gun). All the 'please', 'pretty please', and 'pretty please with a cherry on top' begging has already been directed to the active shooter from the other Officers that were already on scene, with no compliance nor intention of compliance forthcoming. Being that the 'shooter' refused to stop firing his weapon at the Officers and refuses to comply with lawful requests (orders) to cease endangering others, the only immediate option available is to apply [B]potentially[/B] lethal force to end the situation. I would like to believe that the Officer wielding the long gun did not exit his police vehicle with the predetermined mindset or intent to kill, but rather to just stop the subject from killing anyone. Using an AR platform gun that was not likely to have been sighted in as well as it should have been, an AR that is not typically treated delicately (banged against things, bounced around in a trunk thus affecting sighting), an AR that was probably only routinely fired during required range sessions, Officer training that emphasized only 'center of mass' aiming, and sighting on a human sized [B]moving[/B] target at 180+ yards with a Red Dot, I would expect that there would have been a high probability of that shot as being fatal. [/QUOTE]
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