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The Annoyed Man wrote: ↑Sun Jun 26, 2022 11:30 am

puma guy wrote: ↑Sat Jun 25, 2022 10:01 am

howdy wrote: ↑Sat Jun 25, 2022 8:57 am This is a case of mistaken identity by the Police. Active shooter situation, good guy takes down bad guy, Police shoot good guy with gun.


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/a- ... 8242083417

I am an active volunteer with our local department i and also as in Citizens Patrol organized by them. I fully support all police, but I am dumbfounded how shooting someone in the back would be justified. I am appalled that officers at the scene didn't take action to stop the mad man shooter. But in every occupation the Bell Curve applies.

Not saying you’re wrong, but both John Correia and Mike Welliver have repeatedly said that—especially with LEO-involved shootings—it’s not where you shoot someone that matters, but why you shoot them. For example, in a self-defense shooting, you might have reasonably made the decision to shoot when the perp was a threat facing you, but in the half-second or so between when you make the decision to pull the trigger and your finger actually executes the command, the perp may have partially turned away from you…so your shot hits him in the back.

It’s a terrible shame in this case that the good guy was killed, and maybe it is a wrongful death (I don’t claim to know), but maybe there’s a lesson in it for the rest of us. If we shoot an armed bad guy in a public place, unless there’s some compelling reason to be the one who must secure the bad guy's gun, maybe we should just leave it alone, holster our own weapon, and more or less secure the scene until help arrives. After all, you still have your gun, and you can use it again if lawfully called for. And that way, nobody can claim that you tampered with a crime scene.

Just a thought.