On 11/25/2014 7:01 PM, nestork wrote:

Wilson then fired a total of SIX SHOTS into Brown.

I'm having a problem with that.
Couldn't Wilson have shot Brown in the leg once to stop him?

Marshall Dillon, Bat Masterson and Maverick could have. Real people,
not so much. Shooting a pistol under the circumstances that existed it
is not so easy to have the control that is needed to take out a leg.


After the first shot, I have trouble believing that Brown would still be
approaching Wilson aggressively. Why would it have been necessary to
fire FIVE MORE shots into Brown.

Also, don't police service revolvers typically only have 6 bullets?
Where did the extra bullet come from?

You've been watching too much TV. The Lone Ranger has silver bullets in
his six shooter. Police today have guns capable of 8 or 10 shots in a
clip and may have a spare loaded clip..

This is stuff that I heard this morning on the TV news. Were they
incorrect about the number of shots? I have a problem with Wilson
needing to empty his service revolver into Brown to stop his attack.
You don't even see that on TV where a person take 6 bullets to the chest
and keeps on attacking, unless of course they're a zombie, but let's no
go there.

So, you have been watching TV. When the adrenaline is pumping and your
life is in danger, you can pull the trigger a few times in just a couple
of seconds. You don't stop until the bad guy stops.