Was This As Dumb As It Appeared?

[Confederate]

The way I saw it, and I may be wrong, is that the officer had the chance to scoot or shoot, and he chose the latter. One of the car's occupants had a high powered rifle and was thus at an advantage. Once the shots began, he could have fled the scene; however, he chose to give chase, all the while hearing thumps of bullets hitting the car. In my opinion, he recklessly endangered his life and the lives of the people living in houses both behind him and in front of the bad guys.

So, with the help of backups, he nabbed the two evildoers and no one was hit...well, except two dogs, a cow and a cat sleeping on an old woman's porch. The cop himself never said anything about hearing loss and I'm wondering if he suffered any. You'd think.

Still, I heard of a guy who shot a bear six times with a .44 mag in self defense. He had no hearing protection and managed to kill the attacking bear, but he told his hunting partner, a friend of mine, that he didn't have ringing in his ears or anything afterwords except the shakes. He said he didn't even recall pulling the trigger, and that he suffered no apparent hearing loss.

It was an amazing story, but perhaps when your body gets pumped, maybe some defense mechanism kicks in.

 

[Confederate]

The way I saw it, and I may be wrong, is that the officer had the chance to scoot or shoot, and he chose the latter. One of the car's occupants had a high powered rifle and was thus at an advantage. Once the shots began, he could have fled the scene; however, he chose to give chase, all the while hearing thumps of bullets hitting the car. In my opinion, he recklessly endangered his life and the lives of the people living in houses both behind him and in front of the bad guys.

Even if the window was open when the officer fired, he probably would have sustained some damage to his hearing.



So, with the help of backups, he nabbed the two evildoers and no one was hit...well, except two dogs, a cow and a cat sleeping on an old woman's porch. The cop himself never said anything about hearing loss and I'm wondering if he suffered any. You'd think.

Still, I heard of a guy who shot a bear six times with a .44 mag in self defense. He had no hearing protection and managed to kill the attacking bear, but he told his hunting partner, a friend of mine, that he didn't have ringing in his ears or anything afterwords except the shakes. He said he didn't even recall pulling the trigger, and that he suffered no apparent hearing loss.

It was an amazing story, but perhaps when your body gets pumped, maybe some defense mechanism kicks in.

 

[TNT.45]

I saw the same video it was real. I am sure his ears were ringing but better than being dead.

Looked to me like his Glock jammed up if you watch the video closely. Looked like a FTF due to the slide being back after only firing four or five shots through his windshield.

 

[hemiram]

I shot my S&W 28 with pretty hot factory loads out the driver's window of my truck once, and even with both windows rolled down, it was pretty rough. Kind of felt like I got slapped in the face. I need to look at those videos..

 

[Powderman]

I was talking to my son about firing in enclosed spaces. I mentioned that firing an AR or M16 in a room would blow your eardrums out.

He looked at me and said, "No, it won't. You don't hear anything from it but a pop."

He was talking about an incident where he and another Marine walked into a medium sized room in Fallujah. They were armed with M16A2's. Two combatants were inside the room with AK's.

He--and his fellow Marine--walked out of that room.

The insurgents did not.

 

[doc2rn]

I also believe that is part of the allure of the fo~tay cal bullet. It helps penetrate the windshield of cars without vearing off course, IIRC.

That was one of the reasons why TPD went to .40s. Then ammo went up and they switched back to 9mms, funny how life changes.

Powderman, thank your' boy for his service and adrenaline has alot to do with what he is keying on in a gunfight. The ringing in the ear doesn't start till your scene is secured.

 

[Coronach]

I had not thought of it that way. He would still need to be pretty close and almost directly in front of you ... but then he would also be in a position to be run over with the car.

This assumes that the car is still functional and in a position to ram the suspect (no intervening barriers, like the suspect's car). In general, though, I agree. If I can shoot him, I can run over him.

Mike