Posted on 05/09/2021 5:36:06 AM PDT by No.6
“Could” stop. But also may not. So rather than go for the highest chance of success, in a LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION (by definition) you want them to further risk their lives, and the lives of innocent bystanders. Great plan {slow clap}
You shoot until the threat is no longer there. No disagreement between us. I was simply noting the statistic. I do question why 6 rounds from a revolver now requires/equates to emptying a magazine from a Glock. The answers could be legit. But training hammer drills vs double tap for response is a valid question.
I scanned all the comments on this thread so far. And everyone has missed one obvious point. Cops have had a shoot to incapacitate policy for years. For decades. It’s called tasers.
I firmly believe tasers should be immediately removed from our police departments across the country. If an individual resist arrest, shoot them. Center mass.
Tasers are why so many BLM thugs feel they can ignore police orders to stop. Tasers are the reason why crimes are on the increase.
Hasn’t it been used in court that if you admit you ‘shot to incapacitate’ you must not really have been in immanent life threatening danger? I could swear there have been cases like that were a guy shot to incapacitate and ended up in more trouble.
Freegards
Note that, for both revolvers and semi autos, the number of shots fired typically was “all the rounds on the gun”.
It could very well be that 5 or 6 rounds were enough to stop the threat. And it could be that more cops were shot after they had emptied their revolver and before they could reload.
You're in a life or death situation.
I'd also ask for those who have been in actual combat how effective is their shooting.
I apologize to you both; I should have included a sarcasm tag.
I was attempting to point out the absurdity of the "shoot to incapacitate" concept.
I also forgot that some Liberals (not you, of course!) would undoubtedly embrace my suggestion - which is strongly reminiscent of Barney Fife's "I'm warning you! I am now taking my one bullet out of my breast pocket, and putting it into my revolver!"
Regards,
Every Barnaby Jones (A Quinn Martin Production) episode had Barnaby shoot the gun out of his foes hand. Maybe he should teach the police how to do that.
Or they could simply shoot the weapon out of the bad guys’ hands and no one gets hurt!/sarc
It looks like hitting the perp in the ***** is worth as many points as shooting the gun out of his hand, or hitting him in the kneecap.
(I think this is an extremely bad idea, and wonder if whoever thought it up has ever fired a gun in a real world situation. If I worked for this PD, I'd be sending out resumes.)
The Lawyer Employment Act.
“Why didn’t you shoot to incapacitate?”
Cha-ching!
No need to apologize, while I did think you question was real, I didn't think you were advocating the nonsense in the article. The thing is that it's not that they would embrace the suggestion, it's that they do. I've had the conversation with more than one non-gun owner.
Have they never heard of the Femoral Artery?
Hi Ho Silver!
“Just shoot the guns out of their hands. Really!
I saw Roy Rogers on TV do it all the time.
Lone Ranger too.”
And the Waco Kid did it too.
“I always thought that a gut-shot (a shot to the abdomen) was one of the most painful and deadly shots that you could make.”
Good point. You shoot for the center of mass and hope you can hit something.
“Just shoot the guns out of their hands. Really!
I saw Roy Rogers on TV do it all the time.
Lone Ranger too.”
And the Waco Kid did it too.
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Better yet, just mimic Lash LaRue, snap the weapon out of the hand with his bullwhip....
Also could be used to discourage smokers....
I will nominate number four as the officer to be exonerated of criminal charges, but to be sued individually in a civil action that leaves him bankrupt.
Gun laws via TV and movies.
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