
Originally Posted by
DarrellM5
I think prosecutors would have an easy time picking apart the film frame by frame and using it against you.
"why didn't you take the opportunity at that point right there, to flee?"
"you don't appear to be backing away from the threat to me"
"It's clear that the first shot stopped the threat, why did you fire two to the chest"
Maybe as a training aid, but I'd never put one on my carry guns.
I would have to agree on this point. There are so many incidents out there that show either an officer or civillian filmed in a shooting situation. The officers have this via their windsheild cam. Situations which are actually much more threatening on tape, don't always appear as so on camera. I can think of the recent Taser incident where "on tape" it appeared as if the officer just shot the guy for the heck of it. In reality, the person was known to be threatening and was very much so in person. However, the camera cannot pick up on all of the intent sometimes. I still like the idea, as I would love to film tactical movements, shooting, etc from a first person view in line with the gun. I actually have a helmet camera that I sometimes use, but something off the gun sure sounds cool.
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
---Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759.