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2008-11-29 India-Pakistan

Mumbai photographer: I wish I'd had a gun, not a camera. Armed police would not fire back.

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Posted by Zhang Fei 2008-11-29 14:26|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
File under: Lashkar e-Taiba

#1 Those railway policemen with Lee Enfield 303s receive almost no firearms training. Most can't shoot straight and many weapons are not even serviceable.

Posted by john frum 2008-11-29 14:39|| 2008-11-29 14:39|| Front Page Top

#2 If you'd thought your gun might work, that would have been a good opportunity for some target practice. Of course, that's assuming they were carrying any ammo at all.

Posted by Bulldog 2008-11-29 14:45|| 2008-11-29 14:45|| Front Page Top

#3 I don't know if Indians are allowed to carry arms, but: If only the authorities are permitted weapons then they assume full responsibility for the defense of the unarmed citizens, and May NOT stand by, hide or run when the population is threatened, even if the risk to themselves is substantial (and a typical police sidearm against an AK-47 is most assuredly a high-risk confrontation - except for the first shot.)

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-11-29 14:46|| 2008-11-29 14:46|| Front Page Top

#4 "Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest." -- Mahatma Gandhi.

Posted by john frum 2008-11-29 15:01|| 2008-11-29 15:01|| Front Page Top

#5 ...but the bullets make the gun heavy.

Posted by Marzipan 2008-11-29 15:10|| 2008-11-29 15:10|| Front Page Top

#6 Be like Barney Fife, keep your bullet in your shirt pocket.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2008-11-29 15:53|| 2008-11-29 15:53|| Front Page Top

#7 No self respecting journalist would ever shoot a gun; at least not at a terrorist. This is obviously false.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-11-29 16:09|| 2008-11-29 16:09|| Front Page Top

#8 Any self respecting patriot would shoot him down....some reporters have blood in their veins, not water. As for the damn Mumbai police...they are cowards who can only beat innocents and poor people.
Can I ask when the world knows that Dawood Ibrahim is behind this and lives either in Dubai or Karachi, why isn't he dead? How can he run smuggling operations in Mumbai...the effing police is complicit, thats how...The Chief Minister of that state and his lackeys should be shot for
treason. I wish the dead were 300 politicians rather than worthy
citizens.

Posted by Jeresing Fillmore1921 2008-11-29 18:02|| 2008-11-29 18:02|| Front Page Top

#9 "What is the point if having policemen with guns if they refuse to use them?"

Exactly. The chief of police of Mumbai needs to be publicly humiliated, the police force culled with extreme prejudice, and a new training program started with those who remain ... tomorrow AM.

If I were in charge of those policemen, and I realize they are all extremely tired, they would all be recalled for re-training starting immediately.

Their primary reason for existence is to protect the citizens. They failed. They displayed cowardice. That must not be allowed to happen again.

But remember, while they had weapons, it is quite possible they had no ammunition or only a few rounds. Not enough for a protracted gun battle with well-supplied terrorists. Still, a few well-placed shots would have taken them out one-by-one.

Despicable behavior from a "police" force.

Posted by crosspatch 2008-11-29 22:48|| 2008-11-29 22:48|| Front Page Top

#10 Firearms, more useful than a camera.

Posted by Last Breath Farm Resident 2008-11-29 22:51|| 2008-11-29 22:51|| Front Page Top

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