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   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   Daniel70  wrote   
   > Rod Speed wrote on 9/7/24 7:52 pm:   
   >> 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.   
      
   > Never a grunt, Rod.   
      
   You were always 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.   
      
   > No Grunts in R.A.Sigs, Roddles!!   
      
   Wrong, as always.   
      
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