Not even close, but it's not a relevant point. Could be a real gun or a stuffed giraffe. No crime or threat occured. There was no reason for police action of any kind. WHENEVER POLICE ARE INVOLVED, TRAGEDY FOLLOWS.
I'll admit it would be hard to tell when held by someone but no threat is mentioned, no crime is mentioned, so why were the police there and why did they murder a child?
That is interesting... I wonder if the kid was walking around trying to scare people and someone called the cops. Maybe the person on the phone was all frantic. Maybe the air soft gun was actually firing; which the AK sounds pretty real (excluding the loudness).
To someone that doesn't know, you be the judge. Mind you, there are some pretty gullible people out there... http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3rwAUPYnJTg&desktop_uri=/watch?v=3rwAUPYnJTg
I did this on the FBI range--we shot up a few cars with different weapons and then looked at the results. An AK (7.62mm) can even penetrate the engine block most times. "Bullet-resistant" glass, in a word, isn't. Handguns (5.56mm) can go through both doors of even older, well-built cars. We were trained that our best bet for protection in a bad situation is to sit behind the front wheel--the wheel on both sides is made of pretty solid material and you'll get a bit of engine block protection from oblique angles, while still being able to shoot underneath the car if needed. Shooting the gas tank never made the car explode. I tried, hard.
Yeah, Have to wonder why dad lets a kid that doesn't speak English run around with a gun (toy or not)??? You gota know no good is going to come with this.
I pray to never be in that situation, but good info to know. Don't think it gets any more reliable than that.
I bet TJ Hooker dodged bullets by hiding behind the open door of the squad car. More than once, even.
Besides appearing crazy when you call him "distrubed," can you argue his specific points? Other than calling it premeditated (they needed to meditate more, not less), his post is true.
I'm not sure about this case, but in this case, the cop's ass should be in prison. Watch the man standing there, doing nothing, 20+ feet away, then just shot down. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFR1q-Ko-P8
The police hopped out of their car, shouted 2 warnings, the kid turned to look at who was yelling, they killed him...10 seconds after jumping out of the squad car. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-rt-usa-californiashooting-pix-20131024,0,6316943,full.story
I haven't scrolled through this whole thread yet so not sure if this follow up link has been posted yet? http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Santa-Rosa-Boy-Shot-7-Times-Autopsy-229183821.html While I understand the concern about a replica rifle that looks like a real rifle, I do not see how the response in this situation, 7 shots, was needed. When there is a threat, you disable the threat, such as a shot to the leg, shoulder, or other non-lethal (hopefully) location. That does not mean destroy the threat. When it's a child that is seen as the threat, further action on the adult should be taken before using deadly force. In this example, a warning shot, or waiting until a shot is fired before turning to deadly force would have resulted in this news story not existing.
