Yeah that’s what I was thinking too. I’m neither a seasoned street cop nor Rob Leatham but his “into the breach” charge forward was certainly worthy of a nod of approval…and the evening’s brewskis on me!
At the end of the police video, they show the perps gun. Purple frame, missing some grips, trigger guard jacked up- from a round hitting it? Don’t know what brand. Is it a 22? when the cops body cam is looking down the barrel, it looks pretty small.
I wouldn’t doubt it was shot. A lot of times in shootings the gun or hand is shot. Think this is due to concentrating on the threat so much but I’m not an expert gunfighter, but we do have some on here that might be able to give a little more insight.
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Ruger makes purple stuff. The SR22 like Combat Diver mentioned above and the LCP lineup.
Bet it didn’t look to small to him.
OCONUS I was amazed at how many rounds chewed up the hands, arms, and weapons of EKIA. It’s common sense, as we aim center mass and that’s where those items are when they are shooting back at you. The same rings true for us. They don’t know to aim center mass, they just pick the biggest target, which is also where our hands and arms are.
This is a great example of why it’s important to be able to shoot one handed.
We unfortunately lost an officer here in AL a few years ago shot with a 22 mini revolver. It was a damn shame and absolutely not the officer’s fault.
Good shoot by the Pheonix officer!
Andy
I seen people unironically shot with a gold plated tiger stripe Desert Eagle Tax Refund special and get released to custody after a week and I’ve seen people aspirate from a cheap Cobray Derringer and die on scene.
It took me a few years but I have outgrown believing X pistol causes Y amount of lethality.
I’m at a point where if I could take a single point slung 11.5 Shorty with me to every interaction with the public then I would.
Pistols are bullshit, dudes. And if you’re not going to slide lock when you shoot somebody with one then you are wrong
Thanks for sharing the video.
It was interesting how many people in the restaurant stopped to watch the gunman instead of running with everything they had to get off the X.
I need to step up my game on always ensuring I know two ways my family and I can get out of every public setting like restaurants.
So many targets were jamming up at the same door the LEO were coming through.
I do respect the law enforcement officers running into harms way.
Sorry, meant to comment on that angle about angles. That if the body cam can see the muzzle you’re pretty close to being on target. Kind of like Hathcock shooting the other sniper through the scope.
Like this but with a ‘grip reduction’:
