If it is not a life or death situation, a shot should not be taken.
If it is life or death, the shot should have the highest likelihood of ending the confrontation, center mass, multiple hits.
Nobody is good enough to count on a disabling shot in the heat of battle. If there is a disabling shot, it was a mistake. If they hit a leg, they have missed their point of aim by a couple of feet. If they shoot at the leg with that kind of accuracy, they are going to miss and possibly die. We expect a lot from law enforcement, we shouldn’t expect them to die to appease your sense of moral outrage.
Looking at the shooting diagram, it looks like the officer missed his target 6 times, he was trained to hit center mass. Based on the outcome, he was not capable of making in intentional wounding shot.
Whoops, I was referring to the Ferguson shooting.
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- I’m whatcha call a “sensitive” guy -
- I had left my carbine in the trunk of my convertible -
- I was threatened by a much bigger “Mikey” -
- Being a “sensitive” guy - I was sensitive to the fact that I could not reach my car and pull out my fully loaded Mossberg carbine before “Little Mikey” would act -
- So I swung my 16 pound sledgehammer and completely smashed his right foot
- Words and Treats have consequences - in an emergency a good stout ballpoint pen can make a handy little thing to be carrying - carry two - there’re cheap