Shoot To Kill

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Originally Posted by MasterBlaster

Funny you should mention that. I heard once that the art of colon tattooing was perfected on sheep.

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Yeah, in Montana, but the needle's kind of big ;)

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Originally Posted by yrwyddfa

The double tap will do the job just as well.

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This is a typical misconception of what 'Double Tap' means.
The real meaning is that 2 people are involved in the shooting, actually an assassination.
If you know someone is coming out of a door and don't know which way they will walk one person stands about 20 yards to one side another 20 yards the other. When the target appears both gunmen walk towards him, the gunman he is approaching will empty his gun into the taget, he then turns around and walks away with his 'buddy' riding shotgun as his gun is still loaded.
I think it was uninformed tabloid journalists who applied it to 2 shots being fired.

I know exactly what a double tap means. My posts on other such stuff have been removed, so I did not feel the need to elaborate.

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Originally Posted by yrwyddfa

I know exactly what a double tap means. My posts on other such stuff have been removed, so I did not feel the need to elaborate.

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How do you explain your mis-use of the term in the above quote then?

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Originally Posted by GlenW

This is a typical misconception of what 'Double Tap' means.
The real meaning is that 2 people are involved in the shooting, actually an assassination.
If you know someone is coming out of a door and don't know which way they will walk one person stands about 20 yards to one side another 20 yards the other. When the target appears both gunmen walk towards him, the gunman he is approaching will empty his gun into the taget, he then turns around and walks away with his 'buddy' riding shotgun as his gun is still loaded.
I think it was uninformed tabloid journalists who applied it to 2 shots being fired.

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Anything to back this up? I always thought it meant two shots in quick sucession targeted at the same point, and wikipedia and google seem to agree.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_tap

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Originally Posted by GlenW

How do you explain your mis-use of the term in the above quote then?

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Rreread my post.

Do you believe it was anything other than assasination?

The term Double Tap was first used in the fifties and sixties by British forces in Cyprus, and still is used in some units in the British army. The double meant 2 shooters.
I don't know how or who changed its meaning but I do know the origin.

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Originally Posted by GlenW

The term Double Tap was first used in the fifties and sixties by British forces in Cyprus, and still is used in some units in the British army. The double meant 2 shooters.
I don't know how or who changed its meaning but I do know the origin.

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Be careful.

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Originally Posted by yrwyddfa

BTW Eight bullets is not a professional job whatsoever. The double tap will do the job just as well.

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It is very professional if your gun only holds 8 shots.
It is very unprofessional if your gun holds more.
Policemen are not supposed to be professional assassins. The difference between the 'shoot to kill' policy and the the way the police used to do it was that in the past they shot to stop, if the suspect died that was a by-product.

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Originally Posted by GlenW

It is very professional if your gun only holds 8 shots.
It is very unprofessional if your gun holds more.
Policemen are not supposed to be professional assassins. The difference between the 'shoot to kill' policy and the the way the police used to do it was that in the past they shot to stop, if the suspect died that was a by-product.

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Of course. Is that not self-evident?

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Originally Posted by yrwyddfa

Of course. Is that not self-evident?

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Which point do you consider to be self-evident, there are three?

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Originally Posted by grilkip

No, but redneck is an American entity, there is no such things as a European redneck. Idiots? Sure. Religious zelots? Sure. Generally backward people? Sure. Country music lovers? fraid not ;)

*Edit: This is not the point. I'm just saying your sarcasm wasn't apparent (to everyone), that's all.

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Woka said that "Chavs" are the equivalent of Rednecks in the UK.

Chavs are probably the closest things to rednecks in the UK. They all live on council estates and drive stolen Vauxhall Novas with 3 of the hubcaps missing and one door is brown.

. . . and live in Chatham.

Is "Shoot-to-kill" justified? Perhaps, perhaps not.

If in a situation it was thought they may blow themselves up, they have to be stopped before they can detonate (of course shooting them in the chest may very well detonate anyway).
In the situation of that innocent guy being shot in the subway it was an unfortunate mistake.

The address this guy lived in was linked to the successful bombings on the 7th so they were naturally monitoring it. The police attempted to stop him before entering the subway, he ran from the police, jumped the ticket booth and kept running. Naturally the police had to assume the worst, that he was armed with explosives (could they take the risk). Unfortunately it later came out that the guy they were chasing couldn't speak any English and just ran from the police because the police in his native country shoot people on sight for no reason

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Originally Posted by Valleysboy1978

The address this guy lived in was linked to the successful bombings on the 7th so they were naturally monitoring it. The police attempted to stop him before entering the subway, he ran from the police, jumped the ticket booth and kept running. Naturally the police had to assume the worst, that he was armed with explosives (could they take the risk). Unfortunately it later came out that the guy they were chasing couldn't speak any English and just ran from the police because the police in his native country shoot people on sight for no reason

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Not quite a report into the investigation has been leaked.
http://www.channel4.com/news/content...jsp?id=1677571

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The documents and photographs confirm that Jean Charles was not carrying any bags, and was wearing a denim jacket, not a bulky winter coat, as had previously been claimed.

He was behaving normally, and did not vault the barriers, even stopping to pick up a free newspaper.

He started running when we saw a tube at the platform. Police HAD agreed they would shoot a suspect if he ran.

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Unlucky indeed... :(

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4157892.stm

It appears that he did swipe his ticket and the only reason he ran was to make sure he didn't miss his train :eek:

Police getting a bit trigger-happy perhaps?

news.bbc.co.uk healine:
Brazil Team To Probe Tube Death
My first thought was what would Ronaldo know about forensic pathology.

The term "Shoot to kill " is being used as a scare tactic. American Police officers are trained to shoot to kill by default.
In a Police State every citizen is considered to be a Terrorist so they could be talking about you.

I figured you'd reply to the Gaza thread before this one Corona.
What's wrong? ;)