Originally Posted by
LSP972
Legacy information, right there. "Today's officer is far better served with the disposable service pistol…" and LOTS of burrets. We had a big-time shoot-out here a few weeks ago. Two city officers against one hood rat with a heavy barrel AR he'd stolen. The officers used pretty good tactics, despite one being grazed, and both emptied their pistols… 18 rounds out of a G17 and 16 rounds out of a G22. The distance was 15 feet. They got two… TWO… hits. One happened to nick the carotid artery, and said hoodrat bled out.
The other day, I called an old friend who is retired LAPD. In 20 years on the street, he let the air out of five miscreants in six separate gunfights, all with the same 6" K-38. Granted, they were all one-on one, but they had the drop on him (drew first, and on two occasions fired first) every time. He never had to reload until after it was over.
Now, one can twist the above facts any way they choose to make a point good or bad… but what DB wrote is 100% spot-on. It was a different era, with a different breed of cop. Yes, today there are some young lions out there just as capable. But I can tell you one thing for sure, since I interact with a lot of cops from all agencies around here… most of the young ones are more interested in the proper payroll code for court overtime than learning/practicing survival skills.
Make of that what you will.
And, most of these guys, if they even know what a revolver is, consider them "useless" like our resident expert a few posts up. Nonsense like that is why I quit trying to convince folks a long time ago; of anything. If they come with a question, and seem genuinely interested, I'll do my best to help them. Otherwise, I just nod and smile a lot.
Sorry for the novella… DB's post hit a nerve.
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