Cop shoots passerby in Covid-19 raid gone wrong

If it was a warning shot. What the bloody heck is he firing with his gun at that level for.
Warning shots should...be...fired...in...the..air. Frikken lunatics with badges (and guns).
 
SoldierMan said:
If it was a warning shot. What the bloody heck is he firing with his gun at that level for.
Warning shots should...be...fired...in...the..air. Frikken lunatics with badges (and guns).
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Actually no, to my knowledge you discharge into the ground, not the air. Wonder if it was a ricochet and have ballistics determined it was actually a round from a police firearm. Or the chap paniced.
 
Kosmik said:
Actually no, to my knowledge you discharge into the ground, not the air. Wonder if it was a ricochet and have ballistics determined it was actually a round from a police firearm. Or the chap paniced.
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Actually no as it could ricochet, in the best of situations you are supposed to aim at the point where a wall meets the floor. That is what we are taught anyway. But in a tavern with lots of people and possibly thin walls, firing off a round into the roof probably seems like the better option as the bullet will hopefully be slowed down or even stopped by what is above. Unless it's a double story then you have no option :)
 
SoldierMan said:
Actually no as it could ricochet, in the best of situations you are supposed to aim at the point where a wall meets the floor. That is what we are taught anyway. But in a tavern with lots of people and possibly thin walls, firing off a round into the roof probably seems like the better option as the bullet will hopefully be slowed down or even stopped by what is above. Unless it's a double story then you have no option :)
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A roof yes, I thought they meant in the air in general, you never know where that round will come down.
 
Funny how so many on here, including DA supporters, were so strongly supportive of these new measures despite there being clear evidence that this government couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery.

We will see more cases like this - be very careful in supporting giving security forces extraordinary powers.
 
Passerby :ROFL: :ROFL: :ROFL: :ROFL:

I was at a shebeen and the cops raided, I tried to run away, I got hit in the leg, I'll pretend it wasn't me, I was just walking gaily past singing hymns.
 
I think compliance is going to be a big issue in the townships. I feel for the people there as many haven't the luxuries we have and are expected to stay indoors with little or no entertainment. Others are just non-compliant to the law and this is where the issues will be.
 
pinball wizard said:
What if you need to fire a warning shot and there isn't a wall?
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Roof? If there's no roof, I guess the ground is next.

Some say that you can fire into the air safely if done at the right angle, google:

The general consensus is that a bullet fired straight up—at precisely 90 degrees to the horizontal—is unlikely to kill a healthy adult when it returns to Earth. That's because, on the way down, air resistance prevents the bullet from returning to its initial velocity.
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Chris_the_Brit said:
Funny how so many on here, including DA supporters, were so strongly supportive of these new measures despite there being clear evidence that this government couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery.

We will see more cases like this - be very careful in supporting giving security forces extraordinary powers.
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What extraordinary powers would that be?
 
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