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Never pull an Airsoft gun on...

2K views 24 replies 20 participants last post by  road_rascal 
#1 ·
Just saw a video of some idiot in Palestine, TX, who was escorted out of a restaurant by two armed police officers. The dude turns and tries to pull a gun on the officers. The close officer pushes him away, draws his weapon and puts 9 rounds in the suspect... errr... idiot while the second officer reholsters her taser, pulls her sidearm and adds three rounds. It turned out the dude pulled an Airsoft gun that looked like a 1911. It was ruled justifiable. How can anyone be that totally stupid to do something like that. I will add this much, sometimes you just don't have time to weight all the options before reacting.....
 
#10 ·
Apparently he had stolen some alcohol from Walmart (Surprise!!!! nobody steals from Wally World)... Then some of the employees were at the restaurant and recognized him and called the authorities... They probably weren't expecting him to be seemingly armed...
 
#14 ·
Saw the video of this incident a few months ago. How can someone be that stupid? Simple, take a look at the news media and see all the reports on officer involved shootings. Now guess how many officers have hesitated because of all the bad press and law suits not to mention the outside agitators like Sharpton and the other liars like him. It is not difficult to convince some that a cop will not fire and might not even draw their weapon. They believe that they can scare an officer to the point where they can go free. It is a lesson that has to be learned the hard way. Unfortunately for some it is the last lesson they learn.
 
#20 ·
When I did my training, we did several video scenarios. Stuff can happen really, really fast which doesn't leave much time to weigh the pros and cons.... That's the scary part....
 
#22 ·
Obviously a good but unfortunate shoot. The result was so predictable, I am inclined to think like someone above, suicide by cop?
 
#23 ·
I had a gun pulled on me by a drunk years ago before I started carrying. It was a very scary moment and I'm lucky to be alive. Now if it happens, my only hope is that I'm fast enough to save my own life and that I will not stop shooting until that threat is no longer a threat..
 
#25 ·
I'm going to ask my brother in law who's a sheriff's deputy and my father/mother in law who are retired deputy's about this scenario. From my point of view the suspect was wanted for questioning about a simple theft, was white (like that should matter nowadays but we've all read the headlines) and wasn't being combative at the moment. So I'm figuring the police weren't exactly on high alert dealing with this guy. After watching that video things can turn from routine to deadly in seconds.
 
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