The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Ten historic shoot outs on Discovery tonight.

Hiker 1 · March 1, 2012, 10:56 AM

Definitely the North Hollywood and the 1986 Miami FBI shootout were the most influential in changing LE mindsets. That would be 1 and 2 in my book.

A lot of other gunfights had huge historical/political impacts as well as equipment R&D:

IMO, in no particular order:

3. The OK Corral gunfight
4. Little Big Horn
5. countless gunfights in Iraq and Afghanistan
6. the "Black Hawk Down" incident
7. countless gunfights in WW1, WW2, Korea and Vietnam leading to new weapons development
8. the attempted assassination of Harry Truman
9. the 1974 SLA shootout
10. multiple shootouts in the NYPD Stakeout Squad (Jim Cirillo)

March 1, 2012, 10:56 AM	#13
Hiker 1 Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2011 Location: Colorado Posts: 596	Definitely the North Hollywood and the 1986 Miami FBI shootout were the most influential in changing LE mindsets. That would be 1 and 2 in my book. A lot of other gunfights had huge historical/political impacts as well as equipment R&D: IMO, in no particular order: 3. The OK Corral gunfight 4. Little Big Horn 5. countless gunfights in Iraq and Afghanistan 6. the "Black Hawk Down" incident 7. countless gunfights in WW1, WW2, Korea and Vietnam leading to new weapons development 8. the attempted assassination of Harry Truman 9. the 1974 SLA shootout 10. multiple shootouts in the NYPD Stakeout Squad (Jim Cirillo)