From: "Mark" 


"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in
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> "Adam"
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>> Phil Payne wrote:
>>>> Can a citizen thus shoot a fast moving cop who is threatening other
>>>> road
>>>> users (inc pedestrians) because of his speed?
>>>>
>>>> I say that because crashes involving cops cars
"responding to an
>>>> emergency" are a fairly common cause of death & injury.
>>>
>>> Heather Mills has recently obtained celebrity status in the USA.
>>> Whatever
>>> else she's done, she was an innocent when that police bike took off her
>>> leg.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> A good example though there are others.
>>
>> Adam
>
> Heather Mills was voted off 'Dancing With the Stars' and John Ratzenberger
> ( Cliff Clavin on Cheers ) is still on. So much for her celebrity status.
> ;->
>
> I agree that some rules need to be applied by law enforcement before
> commencing on a high speed chase but there are those that seek to ban them
> altogether and that IMO is insane .
>
> There was quite of bit of news several years ago on the development of EMP
> guns that could cripple the electronics in most vehicles but I haven't
> seen anything recently

There was a short blurb on Fox this morning about that EMP gun, basically
not ready for primetime because of collateral damage to the cop car, other
cars in the area, pacemakers, etc.

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