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   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   Daniel70  wrote   
   > Rod Speed wrote   
   >> Daniel70  wrote   
   >>> Watson Herbusch wrote   
   >>>> Daniel70  wrote   
      
   >>>>> If ( *IF* ) the cops HAVE to shoot, can't they shoot the 'perp'   
   >>>>> in the legs. the arms, the stomach, wherever, somewhere NOT   
   >>>>> likely to be fatal, but would give the 'perp' something to   
   >>>>> think about whilst the Cops 'take him/her down'!!   
   >>>> You're assuming cops can shoot accurately, most can't.  They just   
   >>>> spray and pray.   
      
   >>> Don't they have to achieve some Pass Mark at a Pistol Range??   
      
   >>  Nope, just show up and blaze away.   
      
   >>> I know, in  the Aust Army, WE had to at least yearly.   
      
   >>  Only true of the grunts.   
      
   > If that's the case, Rod, why did I often spend a day at the   
   > (Williamstown, Vic, I think, or Greenbank, Brisbane) Range??   
      
   Because you were only ever a grunt.   
      
   > Admittedly, that was mainly for SLR Rifle Quals, but severalof us also   
   > did Pistol Quals as well. Wasn't every year but often.   
      
   > (20+ years R.A.Sigs, myself)   
      
   And never managed anythijng past a grunt.   
      
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