Outrage Grows in Virginia Beach After Decision Not to Charge Cop Who Shot and Killed Donovan Lynch ... McCullom noted that the grand jury report found no evidence that Lynch ever pointed a weapon at Simmons before he was shot and is only alleged to have racked his gun as he hid behind the bushes. “A law-abiding gun owner with a license to carry that weapon would do exactly what Donovan did,” he said. [More]
Maybe an untrained one. I always roll my eyes when movies and TV programs show supposed trained operators rack the slide just before they engage. Hollywood scriptwriters...
And then there's this dilemma:
Simmons is a Black officer, but McCollum said he believes Lynch’s race played a role in the shooting.
So is he a traditionalist or a revisionist?
[Via Mack H]
Well, in Hollywood " rack the slide" is Dramatic License, for dramatic effect.
ReplyDeleteI do hope under Virginia law, that would not be brandishing. I doubt it but who knows.
At least there's this:
“The second amendment applies to everybody,” McCullom told The Daily Beast.