by Percy Thu Jul 08, 2010 8:22 pm
I need to read up on this case, I followed it for a week or two after it happened then got busy and lost track of it. Did they actually argue in court, as the BART officer said, that he got his Taser and firearm confused? I am really interested to see how that excuse played out and frankly I just dont buy it, I am a shooter, have shot both tasers and semi-autos and you simply cannot get them confused that easily, even if you did pull one but meant to pull the other, you would know immediately that you dont have in your hand what you intended to be there, even in a split second situation.
Granted, I have fortunately never been in a situation where I have had to defend myself with lethal force or otherwise and I realize things can get murky and confusing in that split second when that decision has to be made, but as someone who has shot both I just find it extraordinarily unbelievable that one could confuse a firearm for a taser, they both feel totally different in your hand, one is much, much heavier than the other and the trigger mechanism for a taser is really not at all like that of a semi auto pistol which is what LE carries, usually of the glock variety.