I know that people can do it but I was pretty sure that it required quite a bit of training and practice, which is what makes me suspicious. Just seems to me that 2 hits to a head/shoulder out of 3 or so shots in the middle of the night by an untrained person would be unlikely. Maybe not though. I appreciate the feedback.
Judah On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 11:07 AM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Plus a hand gun calibre carbine can fire accurately at those ranges. > > I've seen video of guys that can shoot a standard 1911 out to 100 meters > but that's pretty rare. > > But like jerry said, most likely those are "area" hits as opposed to > "point". > On Mar 12, 2015 2:04 PM, "Jerry Milo Johnson" <jmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > They were standing together close in a line. Like British Redcoats during > > the Revolution. > > > > You cannot easily hit a specific target from that distance, but the > bullet > > can travel that far, and if the elevation is correct you are going to hit > > something in that line. > > > > From the google: "A typical 1911 [Colt 45], zeroed at 7 yards, has a drop > > of 14 inches at 100 yards." > > > > Tragic. And will probably undo a lot of the mental/moral strides that > have > > been churning in people's minds. Including those police. > > > > With the scrutiny they have been under, I don't think _anything_ will > > happen without being dissected by all parties involved (police, > > anti-police, press, lawyers, general public) > > > > But this didn't throw off any major "cannot have happened" flags for me, > > yet. But awaiting more details. > > > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > So I heard about the shooting of the two police officers in Ferguson > as I > > > was heading into work this morning. Later, I read a couple of articles > > and > > > there are some details in there that strike me as incredibly > suspicious. > > > > > > The officers were standing near a protest that was dwindling, down to a > > > couple dozen people. According to the police chief, the shots came not > > from > > > the protesters in the the parking lot that the officers were > monitoring, > > > but rather from a hill behind that parking lot. > > > > > > So the officers were shot around midnight. Apparently with a hand gun. > > From > > > 125 yards away. And there were 3 or so shots, resulting in one head > wound > > > and one shoulder wound. > > > > > > Now, it is my understanding that it is really quite difficult to > > accurately > > > hit a target from 125 yards away with a pistol (I've never tried > anywhere > > > close to that distance). Let alone a target that might be moving > > slightly. > > > In the middle of the night. And yet, it seems that a largish percentage > > of > > > the shots hit the targets they were aiming for. > > > > > > It is awful that the police officers were shot. But the narrative that > > I've > > > seen thus far seems to be about "rogue protesters" who took advantage > of > > > the protest to be violent. All the details about the shooting though > seem > > > to go rather against that narrative. Am I misunderstanding the > situation > > > and being overly paranoid? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Judah > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:373304 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
