a note on police shootouts
A bunch of people have complained about this movie having people firing a lot and not hitting much and how unrealistic it is. I don't mean to be rude but that is ignorant *beep* Police very often miss and handgun round are not really the most efficent way to kill someone, check out the fbi's 1986 miami shoot out. as an example to prove my point i shall include some data from the NYPD. This movie is far more realistic with it's shootouts than most movies
NYPD GUNFIGHT STATISTICS
1990-2000
NYPD SOP-9
YEAR NYPD GUNFIGHT
HIT PROBABILITY
NYPD SHOTS FIRED PER GUNFIGHT
NYPD SHOTS FIRED PER OFFICER
1990
19%
8.2
4.4
1991
15%
5.9
3.7
1992
17%
7.7
3.6
1993
15%
Unavailable
Unavailable
1994
12%
9.3
4.4
1995
18%
12.5
6.2
1996
14%
11.1
6.1
1997
10%
10.6
5.3
1998
25%
10.0
5.5
1999
13%
10.6
5.9
2000
9%
16.8
6.9
MEAN SCORES
15%
10.3
5.2
from http://www.theppsc.org/Grossman/Main-R.htm
information on what happens in a gunfight
http://www.handgunsmag.com/tactics_training/what_happens_gunfight/index1.html
FBI 1986 miami shootout
http://www.thegunzone.com/11april86.html