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Yeah, yeah, yeah, but after you get done with all the rhetoric, I simply point to the fact that you are not paying attention. I will spare you all the condemnation I could likewise throw your way in kind.
We are all generally aware of current common practice. Forgive me for suggesting what changes may be appropriate after department after department has announced the need for sweeping changes and better training. With all due respect to the status quo, again the circumstances should be properly evaluated and of course each warrants unique tactics to accomplish the goal of apprehending and/or stopping criminals.
Also again, I was referring to the case where there is all too often a stand-off taking a good long time with many officers trained on the suspect. I don't think you need to be an expert marksman to shoot someone in the leg by firing a few shots in that lower area.
Or say when officers shoot someone trying to get away after a burglary, like that kid that stole a purse and $10 from the house, shot dead...
I do understand the rationale and legal justification for deadly force as that case, for example, lead to the Tennessee V Garner ruling. I also well understand the rational for officers to shoot to kill when they truly feel threatened.
Go on half-cocked as you will to the contrary...
try to educate someone, and this is the result, insults. you refuse to learn, thus you will remain in ignorance. perhaps one day you will learn something about firearms but probably not, one can always hope though.
as i and other have said, shooting at the extremities does require better marksmanship skills than most people have. and as i said, it only happens in the movies. in real life there are legal issues to deal with as pointed out by others.
as i have repeatedly suggested, get an education on this subject before posting again, so as to avoid embarrassing yourself again.
Just pointing out that you are not the only one who looks at the numbers, and I have already addressed what I think is your heartburn, hard to tell...
Fact is, there is all the "good, bad and ugly" when it comes to gun violence in America and the downward trend is part of the good that demonstrates that progress I think we are all striving for, though cause/effect is an illusive matter on which to draw conclusion.
In any case, we are all inclined to paint all "others" with a broad brush as you seem inclined, and I'm not going to defend what either side considers or not since I am no representative either way. Again, I just offered up that article that starts this thread as where I pretty much land on the subject all considered? Alright with you?
It's your dime. You have a lot more invested in this thread than me. Lol
Yes, yet again the ignorance and/or want to suggest you know so much better than anyone else.
"Police responded with the familiar refrain: We don't shoot to maim. If there is a threat that requires lethal force, we shoot to kill.
But where did that policy come from? In this age of sophisticated weaponry and training techniques, can officers be trained to shoot suspects in a less deadly way?"
I haven't got time for this, but you could at least have the humility to recognize not all is as you necessarily believe!
People can say whatever they want to say to a news reporter, and since I have yet to see one honest journalist, I rest my case. If they say that in court under oath, they could be convicted for murder.
Nobody should be shooting to maim. Legally, shooting to maim is same as shooting to kill because you decide to use deadly force, which would have deadly consequences including death. Shooting to maim has serious legal and tactical consequences. It's stupid, to put it lightly. Since you don't seem to understand or even be willing to try to understand, it may be better for you to refrain from further commenting as it makes you look stupid.
In reality, police are taught to shoot to stop - to stop the threat by aiming for the largest effective target available: center mass. That's how every police, military, and defense class is taught.
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Police don't "shoot to wound" because this isn't the movies, and police aren't cowboys that can shoot guns out of the hands of a violent criminal.
Go watch some dash cam shooting videos to see what they're really like. I look forward to your apology on how ridiculous the "shoot to wound" claim was.
The officer wants to live to go home. They are taught to shoot body mass. That is the best chance of hitting a moving target, especially in a life or death situation. If the criminal does not want to die, they should surrender. The odds of hitting a moving arm or leg are not very good.
The officer wants to live to go home. They are taught to shoot body mass. That is the best chance of hitting a moving target, especially in a life or death situation. If the criminal does not want to die, they should surrender. The odds of hitting a moving arm or leg are not very good.
The odds are pretty good for civilians though now they have limited capacity magazines with less rounds. I bet the civilian shooters have much better shooting skill.
Yes, yet again the ignorance and/or want to suggest you know so much better than anyone else.
"Police responded with the familiar refrain: We don't shoot to maim. If there is a threat that requires lethal force, we shoot to kill.
But where did that policy come from? In this age of sophisticated weaponry and training techniques, can officers be trained to shoot suspects in a less deadly way?"
I haven't got time for this, but you could at least have the humility to recognize not all is as you necessarily believe!
nobody ever shoots to kill, you just shoot to stop the threat. it is just easiest to shoot for center mass and hit the largest portion of the target available.
The odds are pretty good for civilians though now they have limited capacity magazines with less rounds. I bet the civilian shooters have much better shooting skill.
At the range, the cops are not the best. I hope I never have to shoot anyone, but if I do, I will aim for the center body.
I've followed this issue for a while now, also by way of more than a few gun threads, and though I have not been altogether against gun control, I have come to accept there isn't much that can be done to stop gun violence in America or even to lessen the body count by any acceptable level. I am no gun expert, and I have been chastised for having an opinion though I am not an expert, even for relying on experts instead. However, as compared to many gun enthusiasts in these threads, for example, I just tend to pay closer attention to other experts that tend to make more sense without all the gun obsession detail down to the patina. Accordingly, rather than go round and round those gun circles, I'm glad to have this to offer as my position. IOWs, I tend to agree almost entirely with what is written here. Not that the "answers" put forth here are altogether satisfying, but about the best we can do I think...
"What can be done to address this much larger toll of gun violence, which leaves nearly 100,000 Americans killed or wounded each year?"
I'd like to see statistics on the percentage of those killed or wounded that was the result of an illegally obtained weapon. No amount of gun control as proposed would stop that.
What I WOULD like to see is the background check to include the FBI's terror watch list.
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