“Some situations, no, they shouldn’t.”
I really don’t think you’re in any position to say what they should or shouldn’t do, since you don’t understand these universal principles that every policeman, soldier, and even most recreational shooters understand.
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- ignorant untrained peeps out there today - drop them at 125th Street at 2:30am on a Saturday night -
- “You can ‘just’ shoot the ‘gun/knife’ out of his hand!”.
- “NO HEARTBEAT - NO SOUP FOR YOU!”
9 times out of 10 cops don’t need to shoot and don’t. Rational perps/suspects know the gig is up when a cop draws his gun and complies. Its the ones who don’t comply that end up getting shot.
One of my neighbors is a former Detroit cop. He says he drew his gun several times in his 11 years with the force but never fired it aside from at the range.