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Old 10-18-2006, 05:31 PM   #1
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Where do you holster a rifle if the guy just drops his gun and wants to fistfight. The semi auto pistol is the all-around way to go. Certainly if you have the missfortune of coming up against somebody and the shot is a long one then the current bustmaster most of us use with the night sights and red dot laser does the trick. I can't tell you how many times as a rookie I got stuck with the long gun then was unable to help out wrestling with a suspect because you cant just lean the long gun up against a wall and leave it there. Its interesting that the Truro guy and an orleans officer were sent to the house by themselves. I am sure Truro only has one guy on at night. Orleans probably has three on patrol maybe. I understand your thinking though. Like Hooper, my P.D. has come a long way in the last five years and we have some really up-to-date equipment that we have been thoroughly trained in. I find it hard to believe that the perp did not have a history of some sort.

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Old 10-18-2006, 07:22 PM   #2
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my problem is I'd make a rotten cop....shoot first..knee caps or a stock up side the head...anyone with a knife or gun in their hand has in my eye's are ready to give up their life and other's around them...

put them down now..there's enough arms out there today that'll eat an engine block up...why use something that will shatter when it hits leaf on a tree...joe public is has better arm's then most town's would ever think of having...

I grew up with everything from a bb gun to single shot 50 cal. to full auto.... just about everything.....while the men in blue were still using 38's......

it's to bad and I almost feel sorry for the guy's on the street that are there to protect us for being at such a disadvantage in this day an age...no need of it.

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Old 10-18-2006, 07:41 PM   #3
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one thought if he was including suicide in the thought process , why a bullet proof vest ?

I have shot a weapon or 2 in my life . If I was hunting down a person in the woods a pistol is the only way to go imo . A rifle or shotgun are too cumbersome . if he is behind a tree and if you wheel around the barrel could get in the way . learn your weapon and it will serve you well
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