No, but they have heads that swivel and eyes that do the same, and a fundamental precept of policing is that you don't expose yourself to attack from behind by being careful about clearing the area before you get too focused on one thing, like the mistaken notion that car thieves there won't be violent and so may be treated casually.Blind groper wrote:Nope. Much simpler than that. He got injured because he did not see the guy who was hiding. Nothing to do with such assumptions. Police are trained to expect, and watch for violent resistance. But they do not have eyes in the back of their heads.Seth wrote:
That cop got injured BECAUSE he assumed that because guns are banned, criminals will not violently assault police officers.
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Was he charged?
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No one is perfect, including well trained policemen, and they can get surprised.
No one is perfect, including well trained policemen, and they can get surprised.
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I didn't say everyone is perfect, merely that police officers (among others) need to carry firearms, which helps one not become complacent about situational awareness.Blind groper wrote:Seth
No one is perfect, including well trained policemen, and they can get surprised.
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If a police uniform and the memory of all those pissed off people he locked up don't help a fellow's "Situational Awareness", I don't think a gun will.
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If you're black, there's still a small chance you'll be shot even if you lie on the floor with your hands behind your head, after not comitting a crime.Seth wrote:Only dipshits run from the police in the first place. And if the subject dipshit running from the police has done something worthy of getting a high-speed lead injection, then that's what he deserves, and nothing less.Blind groper wrote:Tasers can kill, but rarely do.
If a cop was after me, I would much prefer he was armed with a taser, when the alternative is a hand gun. When you consider how many people have been non lethally tasered, instead of lethally treated with a high velocity lead pill, you have to agree that tasers are life savers.
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How would you know? Have you ever carried a gun in public? I have, for decades, and it causes me to think situational awareness all the time.piscator wrote:If a police uniform and the memory of all those pissed off people he locked up don't help a fellow's "Situational Awareness", I don't think a gun will.
"Seth is Grandmaster Zen Troll who trains his victims to troll themselves every time they think of him" Robert_S
"All that is required for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke
"Those who support denying anyone the right to keep and bear arms for personal defense are fully complicit in every crime that might have been prevented had the victim been effectively armed." Seth
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"Those who support denying anyone the right to keep and bear arms for personal defense are fully complicit in every crime that might have been prevented had the victim been effectively armed." Seth
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Yes, unfortunately there is, which is all the more reason not to do anything at all that might lead an officer to believe he needs to shoot you. That being said, murder is murder whether it's done under color of authority or not.Pappa wrote:If you're black, there's still a small chance you'll be shot even if you lie on the floor with your hands behind your head, after not comitting a crime.Seth wrote:Only dipshits run from the police in the first place. And if the subject dipshit running from the police has done something worthy of getting a high-speed lead injection, then that's what he deserves, and nothing less.Blind groper wrote:Tasers can kill, but rarely do.
If a cop was after me, I would much prefer he was armed with a taser, when the alternative is a hand gun. When you consider how many people have been non lethally tasered, instead of lethally treated with a high velocity lead pill, you have to agree that tasers are life savers.
"Seth is Grandmaster Zen Troll who trains his victims to troll themselves every time they think of him" Robert_S
"All that is required for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke
"Those who support denying anyone the right to keep and bear arms for personal defense are fully complicit in every crime that might have been prevented had the victim been effectively armed." Seth
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"All that is required for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke
"Those who support denying anyone the right to keep and bear arms for personal defense are fully complicit in every crime that might have been prevented had the victim been effectively armed." Seth
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I've never worn a police uniform with a duty belt and a nightstick and a big heavy badge pinned to my body armor, or drove a police cruiser, or arrested anyone for an unpaid traffic ticket. But I once wore a cowboy hat to a Halloween party, and people kept trying to touch it 'n shit, so I understand how important "Situational awareness" can be to some folks.Seth wrote:How would you know? Have you ever carried a gun in public? I have, for decades, and it causes me to think situational awareness all the time.piscator wrote:If a police uniform and the memory of all those pissed off people he locked up don't help a fellow's "Situational Awareness", I don't think a gun will.

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Good for you. Now that you are situationally aware, what are you going to do when someone starts shooting at you?piscator wrote:I've never worn a police uniform with a duty belt and a nightstick and a big heavy badge pinned to my body armor, or drove a police cruiser, or arrested anyone for an unpaid traffic ticket. But I once wore a cowboy hat to a Halloween party, and people kept trying to touch it 'n shit, so I understand how important "Situational awareness" can be to some folks.Seth wrote:How would you know? Have you ever carried a gun in public? I have, for decades, and it causes me to think situational awareness all the time.piscator wrote:If a police uniform and the memory of all those pissed off people he locked up don't help a fellow's "Situational Awareness", I don't think a gun will.
"Seth is Grandmaster Zen Troll who trains his victims to troll themselves every time they think of him" Robert_S
"All that is required for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke
"Those who support denying anyone the right to keep and bear arms for personal defense are fully complicit in every crime that might have been prevented had the victim been effectively armed." Seth
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"All that is required for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke
"Those who support denying anyone the right to keep and bear arms for personal defense are fully complicit in every crime that might have been prevented had the victim been effectively armed." Seth
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Seth wrote:Good for you. Now that you are situationally aware, what are you going to do when someone starts shooting at you?piscator wrote:I've never worn a police uniform with a duty belt and a nightstick and a big heavy badge pinned to my body armor, or drove a police cruiser, or arrested anyone for an unpaid traffic ticket. But I once wore a cowboy hat to a Halloween party, and people kept trying to touch it 'n shit, so I understand how important "Situational awareness" can be to some folks.Seth wrote:How would you know? Have you ever carried a gun in public? I have, for decades, and it causes me to think situational awareness all the time.piscator wrote:If a police uniform and the memory of all those pissed off people he locked up don't help a fellow's "Situational Awareness", I don't think a gun will.
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