Originally Posted by Jackson_Handy
And if they would've killed him you'd be bitchin that the guy only had a pellet gun



Pellet gun or not, you don't brandish any gun around cops or in public. It is pretty difficult to differentiate between a pellet gun and a real gun in confusing and rapidly changing situations. Unfortunately, the cops missed (and given the post-traumatic disorders that might ensue, that might be a favorable thing).