Holy negligent discharge batman

georgel said:
Lafayette’s police chief says officer Wright never intended to pull the trigger.
And yet, his finger was in place to do so.
Apparently, the dog was getting out of the cage. So, I'm thinking reflexive response. Hand clenched dealing with the dog and door. trigger finger was in place, BOOM.


"When we asked him he flat out said he had no intention of shooting the dog," said Flannelly. Just though this was funny.
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Exactly. A few weekends at USPSA might have saved him some embarrassment.
 
Derek8404 said:
Clear some houses at night and you might change your mind...
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I guess it just depends on what basis your clearing the house as well. Considering that everything you illuminate your muzzle sweeping as well it's just a concern to me. I just think it sets up a bad quick twitch scenario. Hell this guy proves the quick twitch thing happens even though he wasn't using his light.
 
Cowboy said:
I guess it just depends on what basis your clearing the house as well. Considering that everything you illuminate your muzzle sweeping as well it's just a concern to me. I just think it sets up a bad quick twitch scenario. Hell this guy proves the quick twitch thing happens even though he wasn't using his light.
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You can illuminate everything in the room without muzzle sweeping anyone. Why does everyone think the beam has to be in someones eyes in order to see them?
 
J R Green said:
You can illuminate everything in the room without muzzle sweeping anyone. Why does everyone think the beam has to be in someones eyes in order to see them?
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Because every time some figure in "authoritay" has shined a flashlight on me, they make a special effort to blind the hell out of me? Even at the damn licence checkpoint because I was committing the heinous and suspicious act of driving home!
 
Cowboy said:
I guess it just depends on what basis your clearing the house as well. Considering that everything you illuminate your muzzle sweeping as well it's just a concern to me. I just think it sets up a bad quick twitch scenario. Hell this guy proves the quick twitch thing happens even though he wasn't using his light.
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That’s a training issue. You shouldn’t be muzzling anything except the ceiling or floor when clearing houses, that is, until you have found a threat. If you’re light is powerful enough, it will illuminate a whole room by shining it up or down.
 
Derek8404 said:
That’s a training issue. You shouldn’t be muzzling anything except the ceiling or floor when clearing houses, that is, until you have found a threat. If you’re light is powerful enough, it will illuminate a whole room by shining it up or down.
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That's good to know. I've never cleared a house, so I wouldn't know that.
 
Cowboy said:
That's good to know. I've never cleared a house, so I wouldn't know that.
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This is why you need the brightest light possible. The people who will tell you that “too many lumens will blind you as well as the bad guy” have training issues as well; or more likely the case, a complete lack of training.
 
Derek8404 said:
This is why you need the brightest light possible. The people who will tell you that “too many lumens will blind you as well as the bad guy” have training issues as well; or more likely the case, a complete lack of training.
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#AllTheLumens


That’s why I’ve got the 1000 lumen hlx on my carbine and the tlr7 on my he pistol. I want it to be brighter than the sun lol


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Zbizzle911 said:
#AllTheLumens


That’s why I’ve got the 1000 lumen hlx on my carbine and the tlr7 on my he pistol. I want it to be brighter than the sun lol


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Exactly. There isn’t a such thing as “too bright”.
 
SC380 said:
Exactly. A few weekends at USPSA might have saved him some embarrassment.
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Would be great if all officers could shoot at these events, NYC cops would not need to fire 15 rounds at a suspect.
 
This incident has been in discussion with my colleagues since early yesterday. The overhwelming consensus is training/or lack thereof.

Though not a professional, I strive to complete at least one training per calendar quarter. I know that I don't know everything and strive to learn more in order to pass along good/real life knowledge to my students.
 
Button Pusher said:
Would be great if all officers could shoot at these events, NYC cops would not need to fire 15 rounds at a suspect.
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There’s the reasoning why only cops should be able to carry that many rounds. They need it while most of us can hit what we are aiming at in way under 15
 
For those in the know, if they have the lady check to make sure the dog is crated, why not have her remove the dog from the scene?
 
She should've kept her sunglasses on longer to acclimate to the dark house. The shooter could have shined the weapon light at the ceiling and illuminated the whole room. Then he wouldn't have shot her. She better be glad it wasn't a .380 jk
 
Button Pusher said:
Dog had no active warrants;)
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"Dawg had no active warrants" in the hood or worst trailer park, you can always count on " he ain't here, on my mommas grave" Espanol the same. Only in suburbs will you get " call my lawyer" either from multiple divorces or kids drug charges, or DUI .
 
This is the kind of stuff that happens in the new LEO with the sissy who becomes a cop and females. Being afraid all the time keeps the guns out of their safe place, the holster.
 
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