I wasn't being cocky ya idiot. I was faster and better. I TAUGHT combat handgun shooting for the Dept. I KNEW I could take him...I just sure as hell didn't want to. I made 26 years without firing my gun at anyone and I'm proud of that. Couple of times I should of...and didn't. You have no idea what you're talking about.
So any time any LEO gets in a "I might have to shoot" situation the LEO shouldn't of tried to arrest a violator because the moron violator might just get stupid and "try" the officer???
your posts seem to follow a predictable path.... anti law enforcement...
Here, here! By his logic LEOs should cease stopping cars for traffic offenses because that is when a lot of officer involved shootings occur. Someone gets shot over a silly DUI.
The best defense I ever heard for the decoy was Rouleau (sp?) telling me about a man who shot the decoy with his young son in the truck and told the judge that "I knew it was a decoy deer, I was just trying to show my son it wasn't real".
Not the same at all! A DUI check stops people who are already breaking the law and endangering other motorists with no "help" from law enforcement.
A decoy intentionally creates the dangerous situation that the law enforcement is supposedly trying to stop. For DUI to be the same they would have to plant full bottles of whisky along the road, possibly at stop signs with the intention to get drivers to drink them just so they could be stopped for drunk driving. How would you feel about that?
So a guy that goes out every few nights with spotlight in one hand and rifle in the other should be allowed to continue?? Some times decoys are the only way to catch people that intentionally go out at night to hunt deer. There are strict policies regarding when and where decoys can be used. Public safety is a top priority.
No!!! I am not at all advocating illegal hunting of any kind!! Bust his a$$!
What I am questioning is if these set up are a good idea considering the risks VS rewards. Birmingham Fred in his own words told us how he had busted a father and then busted the sons at a later date. It seems to me that it had no preventative effect on them at all.
He also told about a high speed chase that could have ended up with an innocent family driving down the road killed. I don't see the risks of kids, officers or innocent bystanders being killed worth the rewards of busting someone who might otherwise without the enticement offered, never take a shot from the road.
Some might say it's just catching someone who would break the law anyway. Let me set up another example which seems similar to me. What if cops set up a bust to catch a thief. Suppose they put a drunk passed out on a park bench. He has an open wallet on the ground beside him with a couple dozen $100 bills falling out in plain sight. Does this situation stop a thief or entice someone to steal which would never break into someone's house or otherwise steal someone's property? The only difference is that the deer on the road bust is more dangerous because both parties have guns and vehicles are involved.
I don't like any of these set ups that entice people to break the law. Catch and punish those breaking the law but don't tempt people to break the law just to create revenue, especially when you are endangering both the public and officers in the process.
