Prof John Lott came up with the stats on this kind of thing - he said a police officer shot the wrong person 11% of the time while a private citizen - with a concealed carry permit IIRC, did so less than 1 or 2% of the time.
Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net 800-583-8601 Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mitch Haley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 10:57 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT guns > Hendrik & Fay wrote: >> >> You'd have to look at all the statics that go into that, for instance if >> a US cop kills 9 crims and one good guy in a year and a UK cop shoots 2 >> crims and 1 cop in a year, you could come up with wobbly figures. > > Nah, most of the good guys our coppers shoot are just peons, not > important people like themselves. Although there are notable exceptions, > like the Penn. state troopers that started shooting at an escapee, one > cop shot his partner in the back of the head and they tried to say the > prisoner shot him. > Or there was the time one of my sheriff's deputies (I may have actually > met > this guy) went bonkers and shot himself and his patrol car. Then he made > up > a story about an attacker. This was several months after a murder suspect > ran into a restaraunt and tried to use a waitress for a hostage, and this > deputy shot the waitress. He claimed mental anguish over shooting the > pregnant waitress, and it's all the department's fault because their > grief counseling was inadequate. > He might have actually saved the woman's life. He shot her in the leg, and > the bad guy dropped her and ran. > http://www.wilx.com/news/headlines/2624136.html > http://www.ssristories.com/show.php?item=167 > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
