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Maybe it is in the US that it's completely normal that 7 or so individuals fire 10+ shots each, without any shots being fired back. I can tell you it's complete

Maybe it is in the US that it's completely normal that 7 or so individuals fire 10+ shots each, without any shots being fired back. I can tell you it's completely not normal in pretty much any other country in the world. If they teach people in gun classes to empty their clip "just in case" then maybe you should take a hard look at the gun classes (and the people we are talking about here are professionals supposedly). To put this in perspective in 2021 the German police fired 139 shots in total against people or things (this excludes shots fired against dangerous, sick or injured animals which is much higher), of which 60 were warning shots. [1] [1] https://fragdenstaat.de/dokumente/182399-falle-von-polizeilichem-schusswaffengebrauch-2021/ https://fragdenstaat.de/dokumente/182399-falle-von-polizeili...

Alupis 4y ago
This isn't a movie. 107 shots didn't take 30 minutes... this "firefight" was over in seconds. The fact that no shots were fired back is the only reason the round count is as low as it is. > If they teach people in gun classes to empty their clip "just in case" then maybe you should take a hard look at the gun classes This isn't a movie folks. If the gun comes out of it's holster, there is a non-trivial chance someone is about to die. We can all agree the events in the above story should not have taken place. I want to be really clear here, uninformed folks passing judgement by number of rounds fired is about as absurd as it can be. It literally has no impact on the story, and it literally does not mean any of the things you might want it to mean.
- TremendousJudge 4y ago
  I don't understand your point. The comment you answered points out that in other countries, the police firing 107 shots is in fact, very not normal. Your comment doesn't attempt to explain why there is a difference between it being normal in the US and abnormal everywhere else, besides dismissing it as "uninformed folks passing judgement". I'd like to know your opinion on why you think the entire German police can get away with firing 137 shots in an entire year while the LA police fires 107 in a single incident.
  - cycomanic 4y ago
    Thank you, for putting it more eloquently than me. I was completely baffled by that reply.

Alupis 4y ago

This isn't a movie. 107 shots didn't take 30 minutes... this "firefight" was over in seconds. The fact that no shots were fired back is the only reason the round count is as low as it is. > If they teach people in gun classes to empty their clip "just in case" then maybe you should take a hard look at the gun classes This isn't a movie folks. If the gun comes out of it's holster, there is a non-trivial chance someone is about to die. We can all agree the events in the above story should not have taken place. I want to be really clear here, uninformed folks passing judgement by number of rounds fired is about as absurd as it can be. It literally has no impact on the story, and it literally does not mean any of the things you might want it to mean.

TremendousJudge 4y ago
I don't understand your point. The comment you answered points out that in other countries, the police firing 107 shots is in fact, very not normal. Your comment doesn't attempt to explain why there is a difference between it being normal in the US and abnormal everywhere else, besides dismissing it as "uninformed folks passing judgement". I'd like to know your opinion on why you think the entire German police can get away with firing 137 shots in an entire year while the LA police fires 107 in a single incident.
- cycomanic 4y ago
  Thank you, for putting it more eloquently than me. I was completely baffled by that reply.