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Originally Posted by Rochard
I understand the cops actions. If you told me I had to confront, arrest, and detain a convicted felon who was considered armed and dangerous, and then instead of him obeying order he jumps out of the car? I would shoot too.
However, I question why he emptied an entire clip into the guy. He could have fired once or twice to stop him and put him down, not kill him.
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I was a reserve deputy sherrif in AZ for a couple of years and had to go through all of the training. "Firing once or twice to stop someone" is a fallacy that has been perpetuated by hollywood. It all depends on the state of mind and determination of the person being shot. If someone is full of adrenalin they can take a bunch of rounds. If you don't cause a drastic and sudden drop in blood pressure, by hitting the brain or the heart, (small difficult targets), it can take on average 7 rounds of 9mm or 4 rounds of .45 to make a determined attacker completely "down" and unable to get up, attack, or draw and fire his own weapon. Every cop and firearms course will tell you that in a situation where you feel that deadly force must be used, you need to keep on shooting , center mass, until the mag is empty, then reload, and see what is the situation.
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