All 9 people injured in shooting near NY's Empire State Building were wounded by police gunfire

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20. I watched the video and they appear to fire those shots in an extremely short period of time.

Which would be something like pulling the trigger as fast as you possibly can. Having done this exact thing at the end of dozens of shooting sessions at a firing range (no time left, still have a clip or two worth of ammo), anything after the first or second bullet is going to be a wild shot. I've had paper targets at almost that same distance (as the shooter was to the policemen) and fired off a clip that quick (.40 automatic, full frame) and regularly only had one or two bullets actually hit the target. Once, with the target at about 10 feet or so, I fired 10 rounds and only one of them hit the target and that was a clip on the far edge.

IMO, it's hard enough to actually hit anything with a pistol when you're taking your time in the structured environment of a gun range.

Just a nightmare to imagine that many bullets flying around on an open street with hundreds of people. Really scary.

BTW, I don't mean to imply the police did something wrong...per se. The video is pretty clear that the shooter draws on the police. That's just a lot of bullets and I'd be surprised if training formally supports using the weapons like that. There's a huge difference between pulling the trigger as fast as you can and even taking a half-second to aim between shots.

PB