Thread: Police shoot at car after high-speed rampage across Auckland

Originally Posted by systolic

What will happen when the bad guy is more than about 15m away?

Even if the sights are right on the centre of a human sized target, there's no way to guarantee a pellet or three from a load of buckshot won't miss the target.
Where do they end up? In a wall? In a passerby's chest?

Shotguns for police use are fucking stupid. Far too much danger to other people.

Not to mention some of the cops I've seen recently would get knocked on their arse by a shotgun.

I tend to agree, but the police in the USA seem to like ye olde shottie, they must have some reasons for that outside of highway duck shooting?