I know all that but...If the perception of a threat is wrong and the shootee is dead with multiple gunshot wounds the shooter is in deep chocolate.
Even when the threat is real. Why empty your weapon? It seems like a vulnerable position to be in if the perp has a friend lurking in the shadows.
“Even when the threat is real. Why empty your weapon? It seems like a vulnerable position to be in if the perp has a friend lurking in the shadows.”
You are correct, of course. It is just a very difficult thing to do, if you have not trained for it in such a way that it becomes automatic. I tell my students that once the primary threat is down, and no longer a threat, force yourself to take your eyes off of them and look around to see if there is another threat from an accomplice.
Still, it is a difficult thing to do, and must be trained for. The instinctive thing is to focus on the threat that has been trying to kill you.