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Keith B wrote:

seamusTX wrote:I have found comments on web sites to have less intellectual weight than a hot-air balloon.

Watch it there Jim! I guess that comment is OK as long as you don't add 'pilot' to the end of that statement.

WildBill wrote:

Excaliber wrote:"Contagious shooting" (some officers firing only because others did) is a mark of an agency with a drastically deficient training program. Even when shooting is justified, not every officer at a scene may be in a position to see the justification. A well trained and conscientious officer must and will hold his fire until he is both individually justified in using DPF and he believes it is necessary to do so.

I am glad that you posted this. I was going to bring this up in an earlier post, but was not aware of the term "contagious shooting." I can easily visualize this happening in a tense situation when several officers are pointing their guns at a suspect." After the first shot is fired, I can imagine the volley of shots that would follow without further consideration.