tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post5661374113371532741..comments2024-03-27T20:10:46.984-07:00Comments on The Rambling Taoist: Snipers On the RoofThe Rambling Taoisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04730292897416827840noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-4768832922429004602011-01-28T21:35:04.498-08:002011-01-28T21:35:04.498-08:00Yes, the fifteen cops can shoot whom they believe ...Yes, the fifteen cops can shoot whom they believe to be the bad guy hundreds of times and he then dies. In the two seconds it takes the bad guy to die, he can kill someone else. The job of the sniper is to prevent that killing by putting one round through the bad guy's brain so that he does nothing; no conscious act, no reflexive pull of trigger, or push of button. It's different than a group of people shooting <i>at</i> the bad guy. It is intentionally <i>killing</i> the bad guy, dead, with one shot,<br /> before he knows he's being shot at, in an attempt to prevent other deaths that would occur within seconds. Not usually the case where fifteen cops each empties his sidearm into their victim; one of them shoots, the rest follow.<br /><br />You place the sniper so you can choose to use him if you need to, like putting a fire extinguisher in your kitchen and auto. You don't want to have kitchen fires or auto fires, but you want them put out as quickly and safely as possible. When the fire starts, it's too late to buy the extinguisher and put it in place to be used.<br /><br />I didn't see the chase, but I strongly suspect that the use of fifteen officers was excessive. Placing a sniper and spotter was not. You seem (to me) to be decrying what was done correctly.htomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-47664478622830983372011-01-28T17:03:42.251-08:002011-01-28T17:03:42.251-08:00Ah...channel surfing, rubbernecking.
Did it ever ...Ah...channel surfing, rubbernecking.<br /><br />Did it ever indicate why they had given chase in the first place?baroness radonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14593108634484542286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-89916493203946514232011-01-28T11:42:28.937-08:002011-01-28T11:42:28.937-08:00hTom,
The helicopter view made it readily apparen...hTom,<br /><br />The helicopter view made it readily apparent he was alone in the car. Besides, there were officers from the 15 cars with guns trained on him. You can only kill a fellow so many times!<br /><br />He couldn't have grabbed anyone -- much less an officer -- because they were too far away. If he had charged them, he would have been cut down by a valley of fire 25 feet before he had even reached the nearest one.<br /><br />Baroness,<br />I tarried on this channel solely because I couldn't figure out why 15 cop cars and a helicopter were following one car.The Rambling Taoisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04730292897416827840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-12736392884282987112011-01-28T10:54:51.630-08:002011-01-28T10:54:51.630-08:00My question is, why do you watch this cop porn any...My question is, why do you watch this cop porn anyway? (I would recommend a good martial arts movie....)baroness radonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14593108634484542286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-10833913096672874342011-01-28T09:18:39.758-08:002011-01-28T09:18:39.758-08:00Why? Because you don't know what's going t...Why? Because you don't know what's going to happen. What if he dragged someone from the back seat and held the gun to her head? Grabbed one of the cops and held the gun to his head? ... Snipers are not magic wands, but not having one when you need one can be a disaster, and you usually do not know you need one until seconds before their shot; too late for them to get into position.<br /><br />SWAT is frequently overused, snipers not so much.htomnoreply@blogger.com