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Originally Posted by ZLP
The safety is your finger.  |
I think you saw
"Blackhawk down" too many times...
Clearly in
this cops case his finger was no safety at all, or that young man would still be alive. Which is blatantly obvious to most people. Apparently not to all of us though. :-/
Quote:
Originally Posted by ZLP
Thank you for your service but the military and LE are two completely different things. Stick to what you know.
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Actually, basic firearms safety is the same in both the LE and the military.
Never put your finger on the trigger until the moment you are ready to fire is taught to both cops and to soldiers alike.
Seriously, what was the point of your post? That a citizen of the United States is not allowed to have an opinion when a fellow countryman is shot to death by the police, even when said citizen has had the benefit of seeing it in full moving video?
If so, you may feel free to stick said opinion where the sun will never shine.
The cop shot an unarmed, restrained- very possibly cuffed, non resisting subject laying prone on the ground- in the back. The cop should have never drawn his weapon(note that none of the other cops do), and he should have
never, ever, ever had his finger on the trigger.
To do so is in complete disregard of his training and common sense. It was gross negligence of the highest order. His finger should have NEVER been placed on the trigger.
That being said, even after he put his finger on the trigger, a manual safety would STILL have prevented this disaster from occurring. There is just no sensible reason to not have a safety on any firearm IMO. Even non lethal weapons like pepper spray/mace stun guns and yes- even tazers- have them. Guns should have them too.
All of them.