Another Police Murder

You could, oh I don't know, shoot somewhere that isn't fatal?

Lol and i cant believe you're still responding to Gib after some of the most ridiculous posts ive ever seen.

You could, oh I don't know, shoot somewhere that isn't fatal?

Really? you need to actually read up on police law and polices and stop watching action movies or old westerns.

Oh of course they wouldn't draw weapons to kill, they would do it so they could slow mo dive and shoot the weapons out of their hands. Seriously.

Anyone who thinks like this shouldn't be allowed near a firearm of any kind. Some wounds are lethal, some are not, but a gun isn't a tool of incapacitation, it's a deadly arm and it has to be treated as such in all circumstances. It's a level of responsibility you have to be willing to take when you introduce these weapons in any scenario.

Besides, the Human body is a complex machine that can survive the most grievous of injuries, yet fall to the most benign cause. The difference between Lethal and nonlethal wounds is often a result of ballistic behavior not entirely the fault of the shooter.

Yea you either shoot to kill or shoot the weapon out of their hand? Can't you think of any scenario outside of the ones you've seen in life or tv? Critical thinking time.

You're not making sense, if you're shooting not to kill and you end up killing you're just as bad as the default aiming to kill to begin with anyway, which are the types that have guns in this situation, so how could that be worse? Is it so harsh to expect Cops to have good aim? Jesus.

again, talking like a person that has no idea what they are talking about. You are basically using movie/video game logic in the real world. Making assumptions that shooting a guy once in the leg will incapacitate fully is something that would get your killed.

Get you killed how? How is a guy with a shot in his leg, somehow more deadly then without a shot in their leg, what are you talking about?

I think you're the one not making any sense.

A gun is always lethal. Seems pretty simple to me. The willingness to discharge a firearm at a person always carries the intent to kill. No exceptions.

No a gun isn't always lethal...Yes that logic is simple, but its not a part of reality so I dunno why you're talking about it.

Get you killed how? How is a guy with a shot in his leg, somehow more deadly then without a shot in their leg, what are you talking about?

Same way a cornered animal is more dangerous than one with an escape route. But people aren't animals right?

Yep, a pissed off raging armed person is bound to calm down fully if you grazed their leg or just hit fatty tissue or just flat enough didn't cause enough trauma to handicap them.

Clearly.

There's an old saying Mesic needs to realize the truth of. "The cat on the bottom always wins". Why?
Why would the cat on the bottom win? Why not the cat on top? The cat on top has two paws and it's mouth, the cat on the bottom has all it's paws and it's mouth. The cat on the bottom is also technically a cornered animal and will do whatever it takes to come out alive. This is why the cat on the bottom will always win.
This also applies to this situation. Sammy Yatim was cornered in a bus. He was the figurative cat on the bottom. The cops would be the cats on top.
Even though humans follow some sense of logic in most cases, in a "fight or flight" situation, when cornered, there's no telling how a person will react. Whether they will choose to fight, choose to flee, or roll over and surrender, is up to the individual and his or her state of mind depending on the situation presented to them.

I digress, however. Gun thread, needs to be locked and left to die.

We don't know how he would've reacted, cause we went straight for the kill, which is stupid and requires lil to no thought.

it's so easy to suggest and make assumptions when your well being isn't on the line.

You're an idiot if you really think that way. Please never acquire a firearm for the safety of those around you.

For those of you questioning where the officers shot the kid you should probably read up on how they train officers to shoot once they've made the decision to do so... You might be surprised lol... If you ever put yourself in a position, in the US at least, where a cop decides to actually shoot at you don't expect them to ever turn into the lone ranger and shoot the weapon out of your hand before he ropes you and drags you down to the station...