Don't shoot much do you? I could take out a perp holding a hostage with one shot up to 50 yards easily and not touch the hostage. 100 yards I would still be 98 percent certain of hitting only the perp. This is with a handgun. I am a very good shot but there are better than I am.
The fault here lies in improper handgun marksmanship training on most(if not all)police forces. They don't require them to shoot often enough and they don't train them correctly.
100 yards. With a handgun.
Sorry, no buying that.
We're not talking about a static shooting range situation here, my FRiend. We're talking about a very fluid, stressful, combat situation. The perp could well be moving, and moving in an unpredictable way.
Perhaps you, or an extremely well-trained police officer, could hit a moving target in such a situation. But perhaps not. The discussion on this thread was whether or not the shot was worth the risk to the hostage.
By the way, why did you start your post with an insult? That sort of thing rarely contributes to a discussion.
You start by training not to spay and pray. He emptied his weapob. I don’t believe he cared what happened to her.