Readers digest on the Glock one-Two suspects stab an off-duty cop at a picnic. Of the about 30 officers there I was the only one armed. Suspects flee in a vehicle, and I took up chase with the only other sober one there. I provided the other officer with a firearm, and we caught the crooks at the next light in traffic. We exited the vehicle and approached the suspect vehicle. We ordered the two suspects out after ID ing ourselves, and the driver rammed the vehicle in front of him in an attempt to escape. The passenger surrendered to my partner, the driver was not going with the program. The driver leaned into the back seat while I was trying to get the car into park (Glock 19 in my hand the whole time). The driver was trying to recover the sharpened Phillips head screwdriver used in the stabbing. I got the vehicle shut off, and determined that I needed to create some distance. While I was backing out of the car, the suspect began coming back up from the back seat. The other officer had reached into the vehicle from the passenger side side and kicked the driver, preventing him from coming up with the weapon. As he began coming up, I was in position to dump him, but when I saw he didn't have a weapon, I rapidly smacked him in the temple while backing out of the doorframe (of course finger out of the trigger guard). This blow made a perfect imprint of the Glock's front end in his head. As I backed up a couple feet, the suspect exited the vehicle and the chase was on. Nothing like running down a busy street in jeans, t-shirt, and Glock. After a very lengthy foot chase, and a nasty takedown the bad guy got escorted back in a severe control hold, just as the local cops arrived and took custody of the bad guys. Couple of good things-had an extra gun for the unarmed officer, and a holster that I could re-holster when the thing went physical at the end. The muzzle strike went well in getting me some distance and out of his grasp for a take-away attempt. I wished I had some cuffs somewhere. The 870 cases were both results of working with some real cowards who couldn't control a situation, and I had to step in to a contact role from a cover position to end the situation. I hope this was helpful. In regards to the armchair comment, I am usually refering to the gun writers who have never done a thing, and the braggerts with zero real world experience, not the serious students who want to learn (I am still one of those myself).
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