Yeah, some of them are quite funny.
Just seen this vid, good one for a heineken ad
Already posted that earlier in this thread
http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,33308.msg408458.html#msg408458Just wondering why they shot him dead, couldn't they have shot his arm which had the gun in or shot his knee cap or something?? I've never shot a real gun so can honestly say I wouldn't know how hard that would be...
It's not as simple as that.
Years ago Armed Police were trained to "Shoot to Incapacitate" and left the "Shoot to Kill" to the Army. Then the threat of Suicide Bombers came more prevalent and the amount of officers getting shot by wounded criminals was rising. So they changed tactic and now they get trained to shoot for the centre of the visible mass and, if a suspected suicide bomber, the head.
You never ever shoot to wound someone. Once someone's shot and their adrenalin kicks in or they are on drugs, drunk, in a crazed state then they become far more dangerous. As the saying goes a wounded animal is far more dangerous than a dead one. Their have been the odd occasion where a police sniper has shot someone's weapon out of their hand etc but it is extremely rare and it is not something a guy with a Pistol or an SMG can do from 5m away. He has to think about his aim, the background (i.e risk to civilians) how many rounds will be necessary, wether or not to issue a warning and if in doing so he puts himself or others at risk. He has to do that all in a split second which is why it really really fcuking annoys me when dickheads sit behind desks and objectively look at what else the officer could have done. Half the time those doing these investigations have never faced the working end of a gun let alone been shot at so have no idea what sort of pressure the officer is under at the time.
This f*ckwit that was killed i have no sympathy for. He shouldn't be carrying a gun plain and simple. There is no need in our society for a civilian to carry a gun unless they are up to no good. All the officer that opened fire has to prove is that, in his own mind, the cnut made a move in which he honestly believed his life, the life of his colleagues or the life of innocent citizens would be put at risk and he took appropriate action to remove that threat. Using no more force than was necessary and was appropriate. The military have to be able to do the same. A lot of people don't realise this but the minute a firearms officer discharges his weapon in the line of duty, even if they don't kill someone, they are immediately suspended from duty until the investigation is carried out.
I feel sorry for Duggan's family but only for the point that he has brought hurt on them by his own actions. If the police did just decide to assassinate him (which i would be extremely surprised at) then they will be found out and punished. But in all honesty the only people that know exactly what happened are the officers and the victim. The victim is dead so the officers have to be taken at their word unless evidence to the contrary is found. It must be pointed out as well that at no time have the police said the fcukwit opened fire.
