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Originally Posted by Rebellion";p="
In both instances these guys chased them, they want out of their way to drive after these people so they could shoot them. If the minutes it took to do that didn't give them time to think then the few seconds it takes to load a gun won't.
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Well, there's a qualitative difference between chasing someone (no crime committed yet), and making the decision to shoot someone (major crime). In my younger days I sometimes followed people who p*ssed me off. It would have been a serious reality check for me to reach into the glove compartment and pull out a gun, and *another* serious reality check to load the magazine, chamber a round and flip off the safety.
In the Army, I was a lot more alert immediately after being issued live ammo than I was before or after. Before, your rifle is just an expensive club; after, you get used to it and don't think about it so much, other than the usual precautions like keeping it safed and not pointing it at anyone. But during the transition from one state to the other, you're keenly aware of what you're doing.
Every little bit helps, maybe?