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Why not shoot them in the leg?
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Mark A. Taff
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Amid all the recent police shootings, I’ve heard people ask why officers don’t just shoot to wound? (Actually, I’ve heard this question asked not only of officers but of all self defense shooters over the years.) Why not, these guys posit, shoot the assailant in an extremity, like an arm, a shoulder, a hand, a leg or a foot?
Police are not trained to shoot to kill, nor do any of the cops I know want to kill people. Police are trained to shoot to stop imminent threats. Tactically speaking, this is the best option when applying justifiable deadly force in self defense or defense of a third party and why just about every law enforcement department I’ve come in contact with teaches their officers to shoot center mass. |
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lostone1413
(1/23/2015)
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| When you feel your life is in danger its like the title of Applegates book "kill or get killed" |
| Comment by:
Eaglesnester
(1/23/2015)
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| Shoot em in the leg, they disarm you take your weapon and kill you with it. Always shoot center mass and shoot to kill and continue to shoot until the threat is eliminated or dead. |
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