it must be a tough call being a cop in a country bristling with guns. split second decisions.....its a wonder those decisions don't go wrong every day.

finding fault with public servants who have been placed in a shit situation because they have had the balls to step up to a dilemma that none of us would envy, is all too common. we saw it all the time in the bad years in NI. And you can read the petulant attitude to police officers who were in an operation against dangerous professional criminals in this thread.

you don't want officers to empty a magazine - arm them with muzzle loaders - that way they wouldn't have time.