"Wile E. Coyote" <nuke_them_from_orbit@sulaco.com> wrote:
>Malcolm McMahon <malcolm@theriomorph.me.uk> wrote in
>news:part1of1.1.k$rY58B74VhAhw@ue.ph:
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>> "Wile E. Coyote" <nuke_them_from_orbit@sulaco.com> wrote:
>>>Malcolm McMahon <malcolm@theriomorph.me.uk> wrote in
>>>news:part1of1.1.wLk0skSXGECczw@ue.ph:
>>>
>>>> The Only Rightist Is A Gutless Rightist <gopPutin@rump.ru> wrote:
>>>>>The Coward of Broward County ... Chickenshit Peterson - A Typical
>>>>>Rightist With A Gun
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> Had he gone in, how would you rate his chances? 50/50? Under such
>>>> circumstances victory goes not to the virtuous, but to he who fires
>>>> first, and a spree shooter doesn't have to hesitate and check what
>>>> he's aiming at.
>>>>
>>>> Nobody who hasn't faced such a decision gets to say what they'd do.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>Shooter is shhoting, ie calling attention to himself. Cop knows what he
>>>is doing, he is moving to the sound of the gunfire. Shooter does not
>>>know he is being stalked and continues to give away his position.
>>>
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>> But then the shooter, having no doubt trained on innumerable zombie
>> games, will simply fire at anything that moves. Cop, on the other hand,
>> needs those extra milliseconds to identify his target. Milliseconds he
>> may not have. It probably comes down to which way the shooter was facing
>> when the cop entered the room.
>>
>> I'd still say 50/50. Body armour might make a difference.
>
>I'd say you have no idea what you are talking about.
>
You've done it then? Won a firefight against an armed and ready opponent?
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