The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Video: Shot with LEO .45 and still fighting for minutes

Samurai · January 4, 2007, 01:21 PM

So when that old FBI report came out that said "knock-down power is a myth," and "it takes nearly a minute to bleed down to incapacitation with a single GSW from a .45 through soft tissue," they were telling the TRUTH, huh? They weren't kidding, were they?

That FBI report has been the subject of SO MUCH criticism, but this video shows that it's really TRUE! A .45 (or any pistol, for that matter) cannot be relied upon to stop a charging threat! SO MANY THINGS can happen in the time it takes the assailant to bleed out.

What gets me about this is, what was it that FINALLY brought the guy down? The cop using a well-placed foot sweep and takedown technique! MARTIAL ARTS is what stopped him!!! This goes to show that all these people who focus their training on ONLY firing a pistol are NOT training to their maximum potential, and they are NOT ready to take down a charging threat.

Train, train, train!

January 4, 2007, 01:21 PM	#15
Samurai Senior Member Join Date: November 20, 2001 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 901	So when that old FBI report came out that said "knock-down power is a myth," and "it takes nearly a minute to bleed down to incapacitation with a single GSW from a .45 through soft tissue," they were telling the TRUTH, huh? They weren't kidding, were they? That FBI report has been the subject of SO MUCH criticism, but this video shows that it's really TRUE! A .45 (or any pistol, for that matter) cannot be relied upon to stop a charging threat! SO MANY THINGS can happen in the time it takes the assailant to bleed out. What gets me about this is, what was it that FINALLY brought the guy down? The cop using a well-placed foot sweep and takedown technique! MARTIAL ARTS is what stopped him!!! This goes to show that all these people who focus their training on ONLY firing a pistol are NOT training to their maximum potential, and they are NOT ready to take down a charging threat. Train, train, train! __________________ - Honor is a wonderful and glorious thing... until it gets you killed! - Why is it that we fire 1,000 rounds and know that we need more practice, but yet we punch a bag 10 times and think we know how to fight? - When in doubt, train, train, train...