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kyle@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Kyle Hearfield) wrote:

>24 feet?  Need I remind you that only superman can move at this speed?  I 
>think you'd be hard pressed to make it 5 before being capped.  As for 
>gettin him while hes reloading, No one could have known whether he had 
>some sort of backup gun with him at the time.  It is easy to say all of 
>this where was the hero B.S. after the fact, but I have to agree with 
>Werewolf, and say that some floorspace behind a desk would have been 
>quite nice at the time. 

It is incredible, I'll grant you that.  I did not believe it myself
until it was demonstrated to me serveral times.  This IS assuming that
he was reloading a magazine and had a backup firearm.  If he had no
backup, that distance would greatly increase.  The point of the
demonstration was to show to future POs just how dangerous someone
with a knife really is.  If you have your service weapon holstered, it
is useless if the assailant is within that 24 foot radius.  And if you
feel that your place in this situation would be behind a desk, that is
certainly your choice.  Nobody would suggest otherwise.

Chris McLeod.
chris.mcleod@sasknet.sk.ca

    "I do not expect this bill to have any effect on violent
    crime in Canada."
                                           -Allan Rock.
                                            Minister of Justice.