As far as the number of shots fired is concerned I firmly believe in the ( off the record) advise given to by a LEO years ago: “You don’t shoot a perp until you think he’s dead – you shoot him until HE thinks he’s dead!”

Whoops, too late.

Reporters seem to feel they have not only the right but the obligation to report and give opinions with the appearance of absolute knowledge on subjects of which they are entirely ignorant. I suppose Reilly should be commended for at least asking about something he suspected that he didn’t know. But it certainly illustrates the disconnect between our self-appointed intellectual betters and their knowledge of the real world. One gets the impression that Reilly and his ilk have never in their lives driven a pickup truck and are mystified by the practical applications of a screwdriver.

But – to tell the truth, I didn’t know what rubber bullets look like, either, until I used Google Image. Lazy work on the reporter’s part, but his ignorance wasn’t entirely risible.

They suggest to me poor but consistent trigger control OR the guy was presenting himself quartering-on. Hard to know yet.

Fired from a high magazine clip automatic weapon with a shoulder thing that goes up.

You never know. Well, not if you’re an ignorant pants-wetting hoplophobic liberal you don’t.

My son sent me this in response to my facebook posting of the earplugs. Didn’t take long for a photoshop of a fully automatic earplug weapon to appear.