Thread: Really? How hard is it

Originally Posted by gimp

With this and the shooting of the Courier on the motorway the other year, I sort of think the incidence of accidental shootings compared to firearm use time must be astronomically high amongst police compared to hunters and recreational shooters. Tens of thousands of recreational firearms users using firearms every day, only a couple of incidents a year, a few thousand police using firearms every so often and at least 2 accidental shootings in the last 4 years

Kinda like comparing the crash rate of a WRC or IndyCar driver with the little old lady only driving to her local Countdown, and then coming to the conclusion that the racing driver has piss poor driving skills

So sure you want to stick with this line of reasoning Gimpster ?

Originally Posted by ebf

Kinda like comparing the crash rate of a WRC or IndyCar driver with the little old lady only driving to her local Countdown, and then coming to the conclusion that the racing driver has piss poor driving skills

So sure you want to stick with this line of reasoning Gimpster ?

But the fact that the firearm was slung on the back and he was helping the already incapacitated guy up indicates that he was no longer in a pressure situation. At this point he was driving home past the same supermarket as the old lady. I won't mention the statistics that point to race drivers having a substantially greater probability of a crash on the road than the non race driver. Guess they just can't handle it when everyone is not going the same direction.

AOS AR15s have 2 point butt slings, when they sling it hangs downwards on their non master side, they aren't slung on their backs.

Originally Posted by Savage1

AOS AR15s have 2 point butt slings, when they sling it hangs downwards on their non master side, they aren't slung on their backs.

Fair enough, but at the time of the incident he would not have been in a particularly stressful situation.

Originally Posted by gadgetman

Fair enough, but at the time of the incident he would not have been in a particularly stressful situation.

If it was me, I'd feel it wasn't a stressful situation once crazed nut job who had a string of convictions including saying he had a bomb on board a bus, was hog tied in the paddy wagon. Just handcuffing someone doesn't necessarily turn angry man into Mother Theresa.

Considering the number of times firearms are loaded and carried by Police, including front line, AOS and STG, the number of accidental discharges does seem to be quite low.

Originally Posted by ebf

Kinda like comparing the crash rate of a WRC or IndyCar driver with the little old lady only driving to her local Countdown, and then coming to the conclusion that the racing driver has piss poor driving skills

So sure you want to stick with this line of reasoning Gimpster ?

Not really since I already said I wasn't making a serious comparison