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March 15, 2013, 03:56 PM | #1 |
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New high speed, low drag EOTECH mounting practice
Cops in NY state lead the pack!
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March 15, 2013, 04:01 PM | #2 |
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DHS Youth Corp Maybe??
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March 15, 2013, 04:13 PM | #3 |
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Possibly. He's got on those cool tactical Levi's.
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March 15, 2013, 04:27 PM | #4 |
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March 15, 2013, 06:56 PM | #5 |
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I can almost understand putting in a magazine wrong in a rush in the heat of battle.
But this is an optic we're talking about. It is put on the gun weeks, months before the firefight. Or maybe the guy saw the movie SALT and thought it looked like a good method... |
March 16, 2013, 07:28 AM | #6 |
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I can understand putting a magazine in backward in the heat of battle but what I can't understand is when you don't feel that mechanical click as it locks into position, that should be a dead giveaway that something is wrong. Trying to put it in backwards maybe, leaving it in backwards, no way!
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March 16, 2013, 08:01 AM | #7 |
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Cop in ny with backward site
http://thisainthell.us/blog/wp-conte.../herkimer3.jpg
What do you see when you look through this sight the wrong way? Is it like looking through a scope backwards? Is it safe for the public to have police with this ? Also, I think I would notice this at a range or somewhere similar. Why wouldn't other cops notice and tell him? Or is it not as obvious as it looks? |
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March 16, 2013, 09:41 AM | #9 |
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Surely, these are simply STAGED photos. These are an example of the kind of things that make LEOs look incompetent no matter how many highly competent LEOs there are out there. I guess there are fools in every profession though.
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March 16, 2013, 09:44 AM | #10 |
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Sorry I cannot get used to our police officers dressing like soldiers. SWAT I understand.
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March 16, 2013, 09:54 AM | #11 |
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Movie pic...
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March 16, 2013, 10:09 AM | #12 |
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Well.....he cant be too smart anyway, he has a grip pod on his AR
He also has his BUIS deployed. Maybe he flipped it up after he couldn't get the eotech to work? |
March 16, 2013, 02:24 PM | #13 |
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Fail!
I say fake or a movie-tv set. Someone call the NYPD Movie & TV unit!
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March 16, 2013, 02:51 PM | #14 |
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He's probably wondering why the manufacturer chose such an odd location for the on/off and brightness controls
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March 16, 2013, 05:52 PM | #16 |
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I'm going to go with Clydefrog's answer because I'd have trouble sleeping tonight.
Actually I have to say it makes more sense in reality anyway, I really have to say nearly all movie's/ TV shows get every firearms fact wrong that they can.
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We know three things about the officer in this picture.
1) He has never fired that rifle with those sights before. We know this because if he had, he would have fixed the impossible-to-use setup that he has there. 2) Even though he's never used those sights with that gun before, he's trusting his life and the lives of those around him to its accuracy -- and to his ability to use that setup accurately under stress. We know this because he's using it during an actual encounter where lives are at stake. 3) Neither his immediate supervisor nor any of his squad mates know how to use that type of sight, either. We know this because if they did, they would have corrected his error. That's not a cheap piece of gear. We can conclude that the people who run his department's budget would apparently rather waste money on cool-looking gadgets than invest in better, more applicable, and more frequent TRAINING for people who bet their lives and the lives of innocent others on their ability to use the gear they have. pax |
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http://thisainthell.us/blog/wp-conte.../herkimer3.jpg Sure looks like his finger is on the mag well to me... |
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So do we have a source for this photo?
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The police in such a situation I can understand. The wannabee's without the badge is what I don't get. They're the majority of attendees at every gunshow.
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March 17, 2013, 10:25 AM | #24 |
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Re: Cop in ny with backward site
Come on man
You never dressed up to play cowboys & indians? Really? (Sarcasm smilie here) |
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