Police guns down man after he tried to flee.

[Darth Ovious]

Really guys, this is all that ever needs be said.

[Littlejoe]

Even a blind hog can find a broken clock once in a while.

Yes but, he can't make it drink...

[Littlejoe]

I make no apologies for the fact that I'm very Pro-LEO. My pastor is the local Police Chaplain, in which I have assisted on a couple of occasions. All those I've met are good men who do a VERY difficult job for relatively low wages, and with increasing criticism ranging from slight to being ambushed and shot (I have another LEO friend that this actually happened to). My best friend is a retired Officer after 27 years on the job. A former friend (former because he has since passed away) was also a local LEO. I thought very highly of these men both personally and professionally. I can say without hesitation that if this scenario had happened to one of them, I would be 100% on their side. Split second decision, in the dark, with an already combative and intoxicated person, who pointed a gun (or reasonably interpreted as such) at them...gets himself shot? No brainer IMO, righteous shoot.

[Cow Poke]

Yes but, he can't make it drink...

Only when not attached to the rear of the cart.

[Littlejoe]

Also to the OP's false narrative of "...gunned down while running away" Most likely he would still be alive if had just ran, pointing a weapon at them is what go him "gunned down".

[Cow Poke]

Also to the OP's false narrative of "...gunned down while running away" Most likely he would still be alive if had just ran, pointing a weapon at them is what go him "gunned down".

Bait click.

[Littlejoe]

Only when not attached to the rear of the cart.

while pulling it uphill both ways

[Cow Poke]

while pulling it uphill both ways

In the scorching heat in 6 feet of snow

[Littlejoe]

In the scorching heat in 6 feet of snow

While dancing on the head of a pin

[Cow Poke]

While dancing on the head of a pin

while pinning it on the donkey

[Mountain Man]

In the light of how much like a gun a taser looks I'll have to admit that rogue06 is right. I would have expected something this

Just because the gun shaped object pointed at you is bright yellow doesn't mean it's not a deadly weapon. You can buy handguns in a wide variety of colors, or have them customized.

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Basically, never point anything at an armed person if you don't want to get shot.

[rogue06]

Just because the gun shaped object pointed at you is bright yellow doesn't mean it's not a deadly weapon. You can buy handguns in a wide variety of colors, or have them customized.

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Basically, never point anything at an armed person if you don't want to get shot.

I sorta figure that if I were a hardened criminal I'd paint the tips of my firearms bright orange so they resemble toys and might give me a split second advantage as the police hesitated.

[Mountain Man]

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[rogue06]

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What is important is what they look like when looking at the "business end."

Several years back cameramen in war zones were getting killed in increasing numbers leading some to conclude they must be being targeted. Then someone noted how similar a shoulder mounted video camera is in appearance to a RPG when viewed straight on.


IIRC one manufacture actually played on that with an ad campaign stating That's not a RPG, that's a CANON

[Leonhard]

I sorta figure that if I were a hardened criminal I'd paint the tips of my firearms bright orange so they resemble toys and might give me a split second advantage as the police hesitated.

Seems like a perfect place to introduce regulations about the appearance of firearms. Carrying a lethal weapon of a wrong color would be a federal offense. But rational gun control like this will never happen in the US.