Disturbing video that I have to comment on

[B_Ambuehl]

You have to have the right personality to accurately fire a gun and hit a target in a high stress situation like that. A personality that doesn't succumb to the stress response. Something like 30-40% of people can't even control their hands well enough to dial 911 in a serious emergency. The officer obviously froze up and couldn't control himself well enough to shoot accurately. I think he was trying to shoot the guy, he even fired the first shot. But he froze up and couldn't hit the target. I put considerable blame on him for getting involved in a profession he wasn't suited for, and blame his employers for not effectively screening him out.

[MOhillbilly]

Originally Posted by B_Ambuehl

You have to have the right personality to accurately fire a gun and hit a target in a high stress situation like that. A personality that doesn't succumb to the stress response. Something like 30-40% of people can't even control their hands well enough to dial 911 in a serious emergency. The officer obviously froze up and couldn't control himself well enough to shoot accurately. I think he was trying to shoot the guy, he even fired the first shot. But he froze up and couldn't hit the target. I put considerable blame on him for getting involved in a profession he wasn't suited for, and blame his employers for not effectively screening him out.

Hell the majority of people have never been in a stressful situation so the AD dump is something new.
Its a helluva drug.

[mikeyis4dcats.]

Originally Posted by B_Ambuehl

You have to have the right personality to accurately fire a gun and hit a target in a high stress situation like that. A personality that doesn't succumb to the stress response. Something like 30-40% of people can't even control their hands well enough to dial 911 in a serious emergency. The officer obviously froze up and couldn't control himself well enough to shoot accurately. I think he was trying to shoot the guy, he even fired the first shot. But he froze up and couldn't hit the target. I put considerable blame on him for getting involved in a profession he wasn't suited for, and blame his employers for not effectively screening him out.

that's kind of an asinine statement. The vast majority of people, even those trained, would have a hard time hitting a moving target when being fired at. Time and time again you can find stories of police (even multiple officers) shooting at a suspect dozens of times, and sometimes theu don't even hit him. The military is really not much different, but due to the automatic nature of their weapons they have to aim a little less accurately. I read the sotry of Pat Tillman's death a few weeks ago. His fellow soldiers fired hundreds of rounds in his direction, and he was hit less than 10 times, and that was largely due to the nature of the weaponry, with a high fire rate if you hit a target once you are bound to succeed with numerous rounds. furthermore, police officers are not trained to be killing machines. they are trained to handle weapons to suit their needs should they encounter resistance, they are not in a shoot first scenario.