when a police officer, or military person die, at the funeral they have 7 officers shoot their rifles 3 times.. why is it that way??  or 21 shots??
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Hope this answers your question.\n\nPRACTICE OF FIRING THREE RIFLE  \nVOLLEYS OVER THE GRAVE: \n\nThis practice originated in the old custom of halting the fighting to remove the dead from the battlefield. Once each army had cleared its dead, it would fire three volleys to indicate that the dead had been cared for and that they were ready to go back to the fight. The fact that the firing party consists of seven riflemen, firing three volleys does not constitute a 21-gun salute. \n\n21-GUN SALUTE: \n\nAll personal salutes may be traced to the prevailing use in earlier days to ensure that the saluter placed himself in an unarmed position. Salute by gunfire is a most-ancient ceremony. The British for years compelled weaker nations to make the first salute, but in time international practice compelled "Gun for Gun" in the principle of an equality of nations. \n\nIn the earliest days, seven guns was a recognized British National Salute. Those early regulations stated that, although a ship could fire only seven guns, the forts could fire for honors three shots to one shot afloat. In that day powder of sodium nitrate was easier to keep on shore than at sea. In time, when the quality of gun powder improved by the use of potassium nitrate, the sea salute was made equal to the shore salute -- 21 guns as the highest national honor. Although for a period of time, monarchies received more guns than republics, eventually republics claimed equality. \n\nThere was much confusion caused by the varying customs of maritime states, but finally the British government proposed to the United States a regulation that provided for "Salute to be Returned Gun for Gun." The British at that time officially considered the international salute to be 21 guns and the United States adopted the 21-gun and "Gun for Gun Return" August 17, 1875. Previous to that time, our national salute was one gun for each state. The practice was also a result of usage -- John Paul Jones saluted France with 13 guns (one for each state) at Quiberon Bay when the Stars and Stripes received its first salute. This practice was not authorized until 1810. \n\nBy the admission of states to the Union, the salute reached 21 guns by 1818. In 1841, the national salute was reduced to 21 guns. In fact, the 1875 adoption of the British suggestion because a formal announcement that the United States recognized 21 guns as an international salute.
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The unit where I work has an armory that contains riot conrol spray, a pepper fogger, guns, rifles, AR15's, lots of ammo, riot gear.\nThey keep weapons around in case of an escape and pepper foggers in case of a riot. They have extra weapons because they send groups of us to the range for training every few months and with the amount of people that work there someone is always at the range.\nWe have to qualify with a pistol, an AR-15, and a shotgun. Otherwise, we can't work there.\nThey are certain duty posts that require you carry a weapon and these must be checked in and out here every shift. Those include the guys that sit on horseback watching the inmates hoe the fields, the patrol vehicle, and the outside towers.\nThere is one person, usually a sergeant or lieutenant, that is assigned to the armory. Only he is issued the keys and he has a very important job of keeping track of everything.
560084
Why should they kill themselves and how could they? In such a place to have three successful suicides at the same time unnoticed mean one thing: they were killed. Ask Uncle Sam why he did it.
63674
im sure everyone has their own opinon, in mine i would have to agree with you. the police just have this cocky way of doing things...why? bc they wear a uniform. in my home town a few weeks ago two officers shot and killed an african american man. they were both white. they went to arrest him with a warrant of violation of probation. why were there two guys? they say he ran inside and hid in the bathroom with a shot gun. come to find out he didnt even own a gun and was babysitting his 5 year old nephew.... they shot him while he was holding his nephew....thats screwed up...
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Because the harm from an attempted crime is less than for an actual crime. Also, it is not usually the case that someone tries to shoot someone and misses, but that they shoot someone and the person does not die. If that person meant to kill the other person, they should get a harsher punishment than they would for simply shooting someone.
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The other guy says police officers cant make any comments, but when u r a cops daughter u can......... Years ago my father was trying to catch this man who had been eluding police for quite some time.... see, he wife died 2 weeks before my dad and other officers caught him.  U may not find anything wrong with this story so far.  But when my dad finally arrested him, guess who was buckled up in the front seat???? The mans dead wife.
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They won't even go to trial!  The local DA will review the case after the department or State Police conducts an investigation.  Everything I have read shows that SHE shot first.  Whether she was 92 or 18, she shot first and the police responded with the same level of force.  Justified shoot with no legal recourse.  Local DA will go with whatever decision the investigating PD recommends.  Lesson learned for Grandma.....Don't bring a rusty wheel gun to a semi-automatic weapon firefight.
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Are you joking?  Those guys have guns, and they are not afraid to use them.  If you get out of hand with an officer, you might find yourself dead, or severely beaten, and thrown in jail.  \n\nWhen I get a ticket, I thank the guy for doing his job, smile and move on.
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the legal system is fu*ked up, police can stop a one on one fight and shot one of the offenders and say it was self defense, but the other person is unarmed. that's not self defense. i know people wonder why do black people say fu*k the police cause they abuse the power we the people give them. i live in indianapolois, and you'll see 6 cop cars pulling over one black man for a driving violation. so many cops get shoot here and some deserve it. if a man is getting arrested and the cop is putting handcuffs on him now keep in mind the man is not resisting then why do you need another cop to go and put his knee in the back of the mans head, if seen it so man times and if we were to say anything they would arresr us to. and we don't have time for it. and as far as the court system is concerned if they don't have a strong case against you then they would do what you explained to makle the case sound more fu*k up they wouldn't even take into account that the police tried to kill you in order to stop you, in my state they wouldn't try to shoot your tires they would try to run you of the road or make you crash into something and please don't step out of the car with your hand behind your back cause they will shot you in a heart beat, IPD is a bunch of scary little boys hiding behind a gun and a badge they act hard and talk shit when their suited and booted, but outside the uniform they stay in the house i know a few of them.
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I feel bad that so Meany people have so little Faith in the police, after all they are your first line of defense. Most of the time they will give their life for people that do not like them, it is a thankless job. Police do not go around shooting people for the hell of it.
363748
That wouldn't stop San Jose Police They live for the kill.\n\nMore officer involved shooting than citizens shooting each other. 3 years in a row
365178
run down a cop, slam into an undercover vehicle, back up and slam into it again.  yeah i'd say the cops over reacted.   if you had a gun you would have kept firing too.
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First point: you are talking about TV show.  Let's focus on reality, okay?\n\nSecond point: let's assume you're correct; police cannot fire back at someone who is holding a hostage.  We'd have an awful lot of dead cops and other people, wouldn't we?  The hostage-taker could just wade out into a sea of cops and start shooting them all because, using your logic, none of them would be allowed to shoot back since there was a hostage involved.\n\nThere are a couple of really excellent answers here already.  No law enforcement officer wants to kill an innocent person, *especially* a child.  However, no law enforcement officer wants to be killed, either.  \n\nLaw enforcement officers would obviously do whatever they could to avoid having to be in this situation, but when push comes to shove, I don't have to sacrifice my life for anyone else.  I can't stress enough how much I would not have to be in that position, but I also can't stress enough how much I want to go home at the end of the shift.\n\nYes - in televisionland there is always a SWAT team, and a helicopter and a sniper team and canine teams and everything else.  In reality, though, those things rarely exist when they're needed and it's up to some poor beat cop to decide how best to handle an absolutely unmanageable situation...and he or she will usually have about two seconds to make that decision.\n\nThere is no, "the rule" about these things.  Situations like this are extremely dynamic and are among the very top reasons why cops have nightmares.
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Unfortunately it was a horrible mistake, but the fault kinda falls toward the Atlanta PD, the DA's office. Somewhere along the line of building the case and getting the warrent, someone should have made sure they had the right address.\n\nIf the address printed on the warrent matched the house they entered then the fault is with the investigator that filled out the information when the warrent was brought to the courts for signing. The officers are not at fault since they though they were acting on a credible warrent at the time.\n\nSince the Atlanta PD did identify themselves the old woman was wrong for shooting at them. There is no way that the officers could have known exactly who she was upon entering the house. All they knew was that they were acting on a warrant, they were entering a dangerous drug situation, they were taking fire, and three of their own are hit. They were left with no choice but to return fire and it wouldn't be until after the shooting stopped that they would clearly be able to identify the shooter.\n\nNow if the address printed on the warrant was not the actual address of the old woman, than the officers are at fault because if they read the warrant carefully they would have known they were at the wrong house and would not have entered.
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I tend to disagree with the above answer. As a police officer there are siuations you are forced to deal with. Depending on your own mental stability and ability to work thru your own crisis ,along with everybody elses, at the same time is dependent on how you can deal with this stress. The sight of a young child screaming, burning or dead weighs heavy on every officer's mind. The fact you may be envolved with something out of your control sends many officers over the edge. There was a study done and the average age of a police officer is 52. Police officers have the highest suicide rate of any other profession. Living with the fact that as you put the uniform on the thought that you may never make it back home to hug your children or spouse again can be devestating. Each officer should be proud of what they do, and I proudly call each and every one my brother or sister.
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Well living in NJ I get NY news so I hear everything that happens there. I think in a whole the NYPD are good people doing a difficult job but like in life there are a few bad apples. Now talking about what happened to the 23 year old who just got killed I think 50 shots is ridiculous. I can't say it was a racial thing and it could have been a white guy who had gotten killed just the same BUT (and I don't know all the facts) it sounded like the guys were trying to get away from the cops. I think the Cops (who were undercover) may have just looked like a bunch of guys with guns pointing at then so they wanted to get away. They were in their car ramming other cars and almost hitting a cop but maybe they didn't know he was a cop just a wacko with a gun pointed at them and if it was you wouldn't you run someone over or hit some cars to get away? Now they are saying that one of them was over heard saying he was going to get his gun before this all happened and that is why the cops followed them but none was found and no shots other then the cops were fired so I am thinking it isn't looking good for the cops right now and I am sorry for the family of the man who died! It stinks!!!
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There are some revolvers in mass production that use rifle rounds in them.  While they are firing a 45-70 rifle cartridge they are still hand guns and give repeat shot capability.  Link below will give you more info on this gun.