What a revelation! Did you know that firearms can be useful tools?

I saw the same broadcast! The Officer tried to break out the window with his baton,but couldn't,so he told her to move over and shot out the window! If I had been trapped in a burning car,I would have been more than happy to have him shoot away! As far as a tool goes,that's just what guns are! Ask my uncle,who used a 22 rifle for a jack handle one day!!!

The best tool is timing - if it's off, you're going nowhere, if it's on, almost any "method" will work to some extent eventually. The most pointless tool is ignoring self-rewarding bad behaviors. The dog is barking because it likes to bark, not because it wants you to praise it. Withholding praise will not stop the behavior from being rewarding - you need to change the stakes/paradigm. If you're talking about physical tools, then a leash is the most useful. I have trained dogs without chokes, prongs, head halters, easy-walk harnesses, martingales, treats, clickers, etc, but I have yet to meet a trainer that can safely proof a dog without a leash at least as a back-up device. The leash means that I choose when we play and when we are done and that I can test/proof a dog before allowing them off-leash in a potentially distracting situation. The least useful from a training standpoint is probably a harness (not for draft or mushing, obviously, like a body harness that the dog wears to walk). I have no control of the dog's head or movement, a tug or pull doesn't even register with them, and they are too easy to escape from in my experience. The best I can do is stop a dog from going forward, but I have no way to control direction or give a correction or even get the dog's attention with that "tool".

I was trying to get a kid out of a car during the late unpleasantness, and banging on the window with the butt of my M-16 didn't work, and neither did the cinder block I picked up and banged on it(doors were locked). I was convinced that the damned window on the toyota was bullet-proof.

Kid panicked when I used the rock and ran out the other side into a ditch and custody. We put a few rounds in the windows to see what the deal was. Nothing special-just your average Grunt-proof tempered glass.

I'm actually glad I'm not the only doofus to have this problem. hahaha

Amen AL. The public is to quick to criticize the actions of people in situations like these. Only a fool would write a negative comment about something he/she has not experienced or knows nothing about. Fire extinguisher guy, you may be right for officers here in the US but did you think they might not carry fire extinguishers in a squad car there? Any body can monday morning quarter back a film like this one but until your in that persons shoes you can not say I would have done this or i would have done that. I am a firefighter and have had the uninformed ask questions and be angry as to why did you or why did you not do this. Their questions and comments sound so irrelevant to the situation and make no sense. I try to answer them but like fire extinguisher guy, they only see what they want to see. Hats off to the officer for going above and beyond the call of duty.

Of course most people would never think to use a gun in that manner and are surprised when anyone else does as well. It was undoubtedly the quickest way to achieve what he was needing to do. But somemany people, even "pro-gun" second ammendment supporters think of guns as something only for killing something or target shooting. Several years ago I was building a rough shed that just consisted of sheets of corrugated aluminum fastened to wood posts. At first I was going to have to drill several hundred holes through all those sheets. Turned out it was a lot quicker, easier and more fun to use my Ruger semi-auto .22 to just punch the holes I needed through the sheets for the screws. Yes, I made sure of my background behind the sheets and that there was no chance of anything bouncing back and hitting me.

That is really an astute observation from people who show a picture of a gun when reporting some guy snatched a ladies purse. Note to Newell: Here is what he should have used, it is standard equipment for first responders, and firefighters during any vehicle rescue.

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But, since most policeman don't carry one, he used the best tool at hand. Which is more dangerous, the fire you are in, or the risk of getting hit by a few pieces of glass.

What next...knives can be used to slice bread?! I don't know why they are surprised, Guns were the tools that our forefathers depended on to feed and protect their families for hundreds of years. The Navy uses a 12 Gauge shotgun to launch a rope ( called a "Shot Line" ) to another ship at sea, and Animal control uses a rifle to deliver tranquilizers to animals who are injured, out-of-control, or are dangerous and require medical or dental intervention. Pistols are used to start major Races, and even some divers use spear guns that shoot a .357 magnum round ( Called a "Bang Stick" ) Somebody just learned what every cop, armed guard, military man, and hunter has known since he picked up his first weapon: It is a tool, nothing more. None of us enjoy wearing a 20 lb belt to work everyday, but it is a tool that is vital to our lives on the street. Guns: They're not just for murder anymore!

Note to Newell: That's not a fair statement. What somebody would probably do, should do, or might have done has no relevance. The officer responded, he acted based on his personal knowledge, and not only was justified, but should be commended for thinking quickly under pressure, and taking immediate action to save the life of another human being. His action was unconventional, but when split-seconds count, the ending justifies the means.

I have an inkling.

A Browning BuckMark .22 pistol is a very useful tool for loosening a frozen stuck icehouse from the top of a frozen lake.

A Glock 21 makes a sweet pumpkin carver: http://www.youtube.com/user/hickok45#p/search/6/Vp... ...Kind of gives new meaning to the phrase "Combat Tupperware."

The 'Eye Witless News Team' rides again.

The dumb bimbos probably have no clue how hard it is to break tempered auto glass,

but feel their ignorant comentary is somehow useful.

I consider all of my guns tools. That's why I have many, each has it's own purpose. It's also why I don't own an AR, I want one but I have no real use for it