Posted on 06/01/2020 8:29:24 PM PDT by PROCON
Joe Biden on Monday suggested that police forces could train officers to shoot attackers in the legs in order to reduce potential fatalities.
There is the idea that instead of standing there and teaching a cop when theres an unarmed person, coming at him with a knife or something, to shoot him in the leg instead of in the heart, Biden said. Theres a lot of different things [policies] that can change.
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Then combine that with Biden’s earlier advice to use a shotgun... it gets even messier.
It will do an assailant no favors if I hit them in the legs with my 12 gauge firing 00 Buck at relatively close range. And worse it won’t keep them from squirming around and shooting back at me.
There are no words.
They’ve had issues with that as well. They have reduced the number of cases where that is a viable response as it still leaves, say, a suicide bomber able to pull the detonation cord or press the button.
Didntt Joe state that a shotgun was the proper weapon to ward off an attacker?
I think he got the idea from the TV series ‘Person of Interest’. That was the weekly ‘moment’...where bad guys always got shot in the leg.
Time for Uncle Joe to do a video-taped ride along in one of these cities. You know, so he can show the cops how it’s done.
There are fools, and there are damned fools. He is both.
Right.
No worries about being killed by an officer..but you can kill them
Joe, shooting to wound is ridiculous: cops should be “taught” to shoot the weapon out of the hands of the perp, you know, like how they do it in all the movies and TV shows ...
You noticed she, Nancy and Chucky have been on the down low lately? Its like they don’t want the looters to know where they are for some reason.....
As Joe which leg? Right or Left depending on political party?
Do you ask before you shoot, ask for voter regis. card?
Or tell Joe, that if you miss a little, you will get hit in the balls.
THAT should resonate with Joe.
Exactly. We were always told, to shoot to stop the threat, but once the threat stopped, the shooting stopped too. While these dudes were shucking and jiving, it would be almost impossible to hit them at all, let alone, to wound them. If they moved, as you say, we needed to articulate it in great detail. They ALWAYS moved. 😁
We were taught to shoot center of mass, but with a moving target, who knew where that bullet would end up. Head shot? Oops, he moved.
Didn't he say to shoot through the door?
Shutup!
“...an unarmed person, coming at him with a knife or something...”
I think he said, Shoot the door in the leg.
I guess I could take the legs out. Gonna be ugly.
Joe never heard of the femoral artery...
Or he said, put your foot through the door so I can shoot it.
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