tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596354719352503563.post9089802569810517229..comments2022-10-27T16:36:57.055-04:00Comments on A Yellow Guard: Worlds ApartChris Connollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11724092391390838428noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596354719352503563.post-68243102634530697322014-08-29T07:53:19.530-04:002014-08-29T07:53:19.530-04:00You are quite right this would have been much less...You are quite right this would have been much less likely to happen in the UK if only because the first police on the scene would almost certainly have been unarmed. They would not have escalated they would at first isolated the individual so he could not harm others and then taken it slowly. Armed UK police have made some appalling mistakes but generally I feel much safer knowing both they and the criminals are much less likely to resort to arms than in the US. michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596354719352503563.post-58641111837346754442014-08-25T16:06:08.884-04:002014-08-25T16:06:08.884-04:00Re: "better firearms training of US officers ...Re: "better firearms training of US officers instead of an excuse for their poor accuracy", now the Police Chief is defending there use of deadly force vs a Taser with this:<br /><br />"So you've got an individual armed with a knife, who's moving towards you, not listening to any verbal commands, continues, says 'Shoot me now, kill me now.' Tasers aren't 100%. If that Taser misses, that subject continues on, and hurts an officer," he said.<br /><br />To which I respond, if you can't hit a man within 10 feet of you with a Taser, what right have you to be shooting at him with a gun?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com