Squaddie vs crack addict
Discussion
Sage of the Mail said:
Sadly, in many parts of Birmingham the soldier could easily think he was back in Afghanistan.
- sedge, London, 31/1/2011 23:05
- sedge, London, 31/1/2011 23:05
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Even if the gun was real and even if he managed to fire you are assuming the guy has even held a weapon before never mind shot anything.
It's not like in the films, even at that close range you can still miss. Badly.
Or, the squaddie is suicidal... (like in Lethal Weapon when Riggs holds the gun to his mouth and Murtagh catches his finger!)
It's not like in the films, even at that close range you can still miss. Badly.
Or, the squaddie is suicidal... (like in Lethal Weapon when Riggs holds the gun to his mouth and Murtagh catches his finger!
) GTIR said:
Even if the gun was real and even if he managed to fire you are assuming the guy has even held a weapon before never mind shot anything.
It's not like in the films, even at that close range you can still miss. Badly.
Yes - but it's still dumb. There are only two options, get shot or dont get shot. Your point is that "dont get shot" is quite likely....so what? If I said you could play Russian roulette with a 100 chamber revolver you're still daft to do so without good reason. This guy gambled he would not get shot...if he's right, he wins (because he's a squadie against a junkie)...if he's wrong he's dead. It's not a "brave" gamble.....it's dumb, and for what? For his wife, ok...his kids, ok.....but for someone else's money? Dumb.It's not like in the films, even at that close range you can still miss. Badly.
I want to know why the crack addict wasn't done for attempted murder? He did pull the trigger of a gun he (obvioudly) thought was real.
To the soldier, good on him, well done, a bit foolhardy, but with what he's already had to do regularly on tour, this would just be another day.
As has been said, you can still miss from very close range, expecially if you've never shot before, are High as a kite and generally acting like some t
t in a movie.
To the soldier, good on him, well done, a bit foolhardy, but with what he's already had to do regularly on tour, this would just be another day.
As has been said, you can still miss from very close range, expecially if you've never shot before, are High as a kite and generally acting like some t
t in a movie.
Being a Krav Maga instructor, I'd fancy my chances (if my life depended on it) against an inexperienced gun-man in a close quarter scenario.
Handguns don't scare me anywhere near as much as knives do!
Anyway, what this soldier did was stupid and suicidal. I can't believe his training would teach him to do anything like this. Running straight at an armed target from anything more than a metre or two goes against everything that I know of firearms defence.
Who in their right mind would risk their children's father's life for some insured bookmaker's cash?!?!
It reminds me of that Northern loony who battered that skinny runt with a chair last year in a similar incident. Equally as crazy.
Both were very very lucky! The soldier should, however, know better.
Handguns don't scare me anywhere near as much as knives do!
Anyway, what this soldier did was stupid and suicidal. I can't believe his training would teach him to do anything like this. Running straight at an armed target from anything more than a metre or two goes against everything that I know of firearms defence.
Who in their right mind would risk their children's father's life for some insured bookmaker's cash?!?!
It reminds me of that Northern loony who battered that skinny runt with a chair last year in a similar incident. Equally as crazy.
Both were very very lucky! The soldier should, however, know better.
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