OIS in NM

21 July 07

Shooting in NM, from an LEO friend there:

"Last week, a local armed-robbery suspect fled the scene via a car first, then on foot. Our officers gave chase. After negotiating several fencesand walls, the lead officer and the suspect found themselves running along a shallow ditch. Before long, our officer overtook the suspect.

Our officer attempting to holster his pistol and go hands-on. The suspect took advantage and attempted to grab the officer's pistol (SA 1911, loaded with Cor-Bon 230gr HP). Our officer responded by retracting his pistol. Then, from a close-engagement position, shooting with his strong hand only, he fired two rounds into the suspect's mid-section.

Upon being hit, the suspect displayed scant reaction, and the fight continued. However, our officer was able to get away from the suspect's grasp. When the suspect attempted to re-engage, our officer, now firing from a conventional, Weaver, two-handed grip and stance, shot him five additionaltimes in rapid succession. As our officer moved laterally and simultaneously reloaded, the suspect tottered and then dropped in place, DRT.

Autopsy confirmed that all seven rounds fired by our officer struck the suspect in the mid-chest to lower abdomen. Five bullets were recovered, all fully expanded, from the suspect's body. Two exited and were not recovered, but the appearance of exit wounds confirmed that they had fully expanded also. Internal damage to the suspect's body was massive! There was no possibility of recovery.

Neither of our officers were injured."

Comment: All of us need to be mentally prepared to confront VCAs who will find your pistol, in whatever caliber, only mildly amusing! Multiple, rapid impacts may be necessary to get his full attention. We cannot stop inflicting blows until his will to fight is destroyed. It may take longer and involve more shooting than many of us believe it possibly could!

/John

Another Bear Story

21 July 07

Another Bear Story:

"My family and I just returned from a camping vacation in UT. We camped within a mile of a recent fatal, bear/human incident. In the process, we were exposed to no end of bear-literature, posted USFS billboards, and contained within handout literature.

The most obtrusive and amusing part was the 'What to do when attacked by bear(s)' paragraph. It recommended fighting back against bears with anything available, so long as it is utterly ineffectual! There was, naturally, no mention of firearms.

Like all sane people, we ignored their 'advice' and appropriately armed ourselves."

Comment: In all government literature, defending oneself with the only instrumentality that has any chance of success (guns), is "subject-non-grata." Being continuously prepared for violent, personal attack by going armed is also unmentionable.

"They love us when we lose, but they hate us when we win!"

/John