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Today marks the 30th anniversary of the FBI Shootout in Miami in which these 2 agents were killed and several others were wounded. Also killed were the 2 dirtbags (who I won’t dignify by using their names) that the FBI was trying to arrest that fateful day.
Since that day, there have been many discussions about the poor performance of the FBI Agent’s ammunition or their weapons vs. the bad guys weapons. In fact, this incident was the impetus behind the development of the 10mm cartridge adopted by the FBI. Too much conversation is spent on the ammunition and guns used during this incident and not enough on the other aspect of this incident – the mindset of the Agents and bad guys.
There are no magic bullets. If you want to read about the damage done to the bad guys, read an excellent book written by Dr. Anderson, available here: Forensic Analysis of the April 11, 1986 FBI Firefight. The bottom line is this: a bad guy can sustain a non-survivable wound and still have the drive to continue the fight.
As a good guy we need to cultivate the same mindset.
