Reply #89: Two nervous, untrained cops [View All]

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What we have here is a watering device that is shaped like a pistol. As are many air powered tools. To a person who is familiar with firearms, in a "stance" with at least the top of the devise exposed, it does not look at all like a pistol - it look more like some worn out prop from a Flash Gordon movie. Well, for one thing, I can't tell you of any modern pistols with brass barrels.

So now we can figure out what happened: This drunk is outside playing watergun cowboy (I guess kind of like some of did as kids of a summer day), and the neighbors get upset and call the cops. Two arrive and hide in the bushes to check out what is going on. While hiding, they decide to call back up. They drunk is pointing his watergun around, happens to point it where the cops are hiding (he did not see they were there), and cops, not having the common sense to look and see if that thing in his hand really was a pistol or not, pop up and kill him. So we have two cops, with no firearm ID training and no sense, getting jumpy and shooting somebody.