11-28-2014, 11:00 PM
Too much deadly force going on and I would hate to be in the shoes of the LE; however, isn't there another way to protect themselves and take down the "perp" without killing them. I recently watched show on Animal Planet wherein, Vet had to shoot a tranquilizer dart into a caribou to treat a disease of some kind. Surely, a dart into the leg would be preferable to being dead. If they can aim a gun, then they can aim a harmless dart into arm or leg.. Toy companies need to quit making guns that look real. They need to be made in bright colors. BB guns, air rifles, etc can harm others so children (my grandson was 14 when he got air rifle for Christmas) should use these with supervision of adults. I don't condone the rookie who shot this boy, but where are the parents and why was boy alone at a park with a gun which looked real. IMO, he was too young to own this gun. Making toy guns in colors isn't so smart, I guess, because all the crooks would start painting their guns with bright colors, i.e., a hot pink here, a sea blue there, etc..