re: #420 Timothy Watson

If snipers had gotten deployed, sure. Full auto of lesser impact still puts an armored man down. Back then LAPD was so under armed they wound up illegally getting better guns from a local store. A store that ATF tried to bust for it. And yes they were changing aim all along as those guys walked away under fire. “Only” two perpetrators? You should have seen that neighborhood after “only two” guys shot it up. Brass and bullets and bullet holes turned up for days.

Thing is sometimes it’s a sudden fight. Not like a hostage deal where the bad guys location is fixed and snipers and entry teams can stage up and then finally act. Next time an armored bad guy has at it with military weapons, the first cops on the scene might be able to deal with it. 9mm was always a bad idea for cops or soldiers. Inadequate to the task. Contributes to excessive fire.