Originally Posted by DirtyDanza

you have this dream that the cops know excatly who they are dealing with when they get a call...

9 times out of 10 all they get is a call like

413 on fremont..

person with a gun on freemont

413a person with a knife.. you won't find out until after the fact he was mental.. unless you happend to be lucky and are privy to that info before you arrive ....

in a perfect world you would know who what when and why.. in reality you know person with a knife....

I understand what your saying and in a perfect world I might agree.. but in reality it is what it is... as far as I see id rather the cops do it than me have to... ive pulled my gun once on a mentally deranged guy downtown.. did I shoot? nope he was smart enough to walk away.. but I can say honestly if he took one more step twords me I would have put 10rds in his chest...

as for baby being held hostage ? thats different... tottally different... if your being charged with a knife in one hand and baby in the other.. thats tough I hope to god im never faced with that situation I can say I would react on what felt natural at the time... something like that you can't plan there are to many variables .... I know what would sound good to do.. one shot one kill headshot.. but could that be done? who knows... like I said I know I could make the shot.. now under pressure? who knows... you like to think training would kick in and it would be a reaction rather than an action ... but you never know....