Posted: 10/2/2007 7:28:57 PM EDT
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police out in he field still suing revolvers?? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Top News Oct 2, 2007 7:46 pm US/Pacific Man Tasered, Fatally Shot By Police (CBS) DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. A 48-year-old man was Tasered and then fatally shot Tuesday by police, who were called to a Desert Hot Springs pizza parlor on a report of a fight between two men, authorities said. Police responded to reports of a fight outside the Pizza Hut in the 14500 block of Palm Drive around 10 a.m., according to Corey Barnard, a dispatcher with the Desert Hot Springs police force. Witnesses reportedly saw two homeless men arguing outside the eatery over a bicycle. When officers arrived, they ordered the pair to stop fighting. But one of the men, who was believed to have a knife, allegedly refused to comply. He continued to act in a threatening manner, prompting one of the officers to use a Taser and then shoot him with his service revolver, Barnard said. The man was taken to Desert Regional Medical Center, where he died. His name was not immediately released. |
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My VHS copy of Die Hard says in the synopsis on the back "...armed with only his service revolver..." when we all know it's a Beretta 92. Although, I was in D.C. for Police Memorial Week this year, and when we visited the National Archives, all the security guards there had wheelguns. I as much ammo on my person as three of them with their six-shooters and 2 speedloaders. |
Sure. There are still some in HPD, grandfathered. Lots of 1911s as well, also grandfathered. |
Chicago itself has no "reserve" LEO's AFAIK. They may have been old timers who were grandfathered or another agency. |
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Interesting observation I made last time I was in D.C. ....the Constitution and Declaration of Independence are guarded by security guards armed with Taurus revolvers. Looked just grand.....a noticely obese black woman with a cheesy rent-a-cop uniform and a "can I go home yet?" expression and a Brazilian revolver was guarding the very documents that define the existence of the greatest nation in history. I am not exaggerating any of these points, it was depressing. On a side note, the motorcycle cops around the White House had HK P7s. |
| My wife is an editor at a newspaper, and I've tried my best to educate her about correct labeling. She's gotten very good at making sure to not let stuff like "service revolver" or "clip" get through. Sadly, I don't think there's a lot of reporters/editors at other papers who care. To them, a gun's a gun. |