Well maybe my trickshot ideas of blowing hands off was hasty/foolish, but I think my overall point was clear. I don't see why every shot is trained to be fatal.
I guess what a lot of you are all saying is that any civilian in Britain is pretty screwed if they have a dog problem potentially and coincidentally need a "bobby". I mean obviously they'd have to run away like little girls, clearly being unable to defend themselves and the original civillian would be abandoned to what ever fate they had called for. Either that or the police would be forced to call in the special arms unit, perhaps a helicopter or maybe get the military envolved, the SAS might be able to come to the rescue too.
If I'm the police chief and I have an officer that can't take out a dog with a knight stick, I'd be seriously questioning their ability.
I'm by far not advocating cops should second guess a dangerous armed person, or drugged out person, or hostage sittuation or whatever I'm not advocating no shooting. Feel free to fill perps with lead, dead as dodo's, I just don't think every sittuation warrents it, but admittedly perhaps this did too.
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