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Hey, a situation where something didn't work as planned. Sweet.

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Guy gets major points for wearing a cool retro leather jacket while swinging a katana. That's post-apoc tacticool.

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Been said and clearly demonstrated in the video clip... but:

I'd imagine those who've handled a gun once or twice only use less-than-lethal munitions on an assailant because they're also equipped with lethal alternative ammunition / weapon. LTL munitions give you more options, the LTL alternative... but that alternative is to the JHP that TwistedMosaic so eloquently pointed out. It would be a huge "whoa shit" moment if you popped a guy with something that's killed people before and he didn't go down, but it wouldn't take but a second to transition to a secondary and put a few center mass. Ideally, you'd have a pump shotgun to put a beanbag in so you could follow it up immediately with buckshot.

Escalation of force (at distance), what LTL ammo provides, is a good idea in the law enforcement world where killing people isn't what you get paid for exclusively. If it was the military? The escalation of force is shout, shove, show and shoot... which basically means Don't Shoot, We're Cowards if you're in the regular army. Non-douches get to pop the mofo... no questions, minimal paperwork. My whining aside, my feeling is that LTL is totally good at what it's designed to do. Your expectations and LTL deployment results may vary. The other side of the argument would be, "Well, the beanbags didn't kill the guy."

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Heh... reminds me of those Magpul classes where that Costa dude yells "Bust 'em!" *weapon empties* "Fix it. FIX IT!"

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