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Old 12-16-2008, 04:21 PM   #6
Griff
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Personally I was shocked to learn that police have no mandate to shoot to disable, only to shoot for the body/torso. I assume this is because they're not given enough training on how to aim their weapons well.
Despite what the Cisco Kid may have shown us, pistols even in the most competent hands are not accurate enough to target extremities. You'd have a lot of cop killings if they tried.

From a distance, Greek society looks a lot less stable than Australian. Lots of hard core communists, a future that looks less appealing than the past, and nearby countries with limitless cheap labor are quite a cocktail for despair.
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