Some police departments are now training for shoot to wound

[Saltwater60]

I wonder if this will effect us at some point. This is really stupid and I really hope this ends badly for the perps. I honestly hope it ends up with more perp deaths.

Shoot to kill or wound? In one Georgia program, police are given an option

Does the officer shoot or not? Is there a better option to stop a person who is threatening but in distress? A first-of-its-kind program being tested in LaGrange, Georgia gives police officers the option of aiming for parts of the body where wounds may not be fatal

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[FrankenCub]

This will end in many more law suits.

 

[GOPerfect]

Horrible idea.

The misconception is that Police are trained to kill...

They are not, not at all. All Police departments in the US are trained to stop the threat, nothing more and nothing less.

 

[Cooolone]

Geeeee...

Next will come the department policy to shoot the knife or gun out of the perp's hand! Shoot their big toe... Whatever...

Definitely a move made by someone who's never been in the moment or split second where your life, or the other person is the choice...

And yeah, if this takes root, I could see Article 35 being amended to require the use of force to incapacitate before it being justifiable to use deadly force!

Wait for it...

 

[Acer-m14]

omg i just watched the vid there... look at the target ... at the whistle shoot at any green or yellow .. well there goes the main arteries in the legs and the yellow groin shot on a male will just drain the main vain ..

if the perp is on PCP .. it was a just bee sting and the perp gets to shoot back ..

 

[IrishMick]

How many missed shots will hit innocent bystanders? Many current LEO can barely qualify each year with a torso sized target.? How many shots miss the intended target in a real shooting when high levels of stress are involved? All this is pure BS.

 

[Deplorable Me]

In the case of liberals, head shots are probably not going to be fatal.

 

[Carlos Hathcock]

This will end in many more law suits.

I'm sure the shitbag attorneys can't wait.

 

[BMF JK]

Hmmmm this actually could work . Shoot for the nuts , stop the immediate threat and any future little threats .

 

[holdover]

This will only complicate split second decisions and make officers hesitant in deadly encounters. It will, without a doubt result in more deaths of officers and more officers being sued or going to jail trying to follow unrealistic laws.

 

[SomeSoldier]

Dumbest idea ever. Train as you fight. In a situation where milliseconds count, you now have to decide if you need to shoot to wound vs shoot to stop the threat.

I see a lot of hurt or dead police officers coming out of this stupid policy.


Orrrrr, people could just stop breaking the law.

 

[holdover]

I can see it now, Officer, why did you shoot Mr BLM in the stomach?

He was reaching for a gun

Did you believe you were fear for your life?

Yes.

So if you were in fear for your life, Why didnt you use lethal force and try to stop the threat? Why did you shoot him in the stomach instead of the chest or head?


You can see how a lawyer will twist the shit out of the new law and hold police accountable to it.

 

[dsdmmat]

Someone needs to shoot the good idea fairy.

 

[Darth]

Why would you be using lethal force in a non lethal manner?

Seems all sorts of dangerous.

 

[Celt]

Absurd!

 

[prambo]

 

[fresch]

Time to just go English bobby style. Cops with no guns.

 

[Uninformed and Compliant]

Time to just go English bobby style. Cops with no guns.

Some places are starting to get those. We call 'em "social workers", lol.

 

[Edwardteach72]

Hmm I'm look at the so called target and see where the green zones are..

 

[Target]

Laws written by idiots who have watched too many cowboy movies and cop shows.

You know the ones.. Where the good guy gets a dead center head shot from 100 yards while shooting with his (her/its to be pc) weak hand from the hip, while doing a barrel roll after landing flat footed from jumping from a 2nd story window, at night, in the rain when the room they were just in exploded, minutes after fighting 3 goons Van Damme/ Segal style and getting a whiskey bottle smashed on their temple.

You know, like in real life.

 

[spat]

Horrible idea.

The misconception is that Police are trained to kill...

They are not, not at all. All Police departments in the US are trained to stop the threat, nothing more and nothing less.

The misconception is that it takes less force to stop than to kill.

Typically it takes much much more.

Anyone who's ever hunted large game knows that a killing shot is much easier to manage than one that will drop the animal quickly.

In a self defense situation you don't want the assailant to bleed out in an ambulance after having killed your whole family.

You don't actually care if he lives at all, but you absolutely need him to stop what he's doing immediately.

In that case, a shattered pelvis that he survives is better than a ruptured liver that kills him 10 minutes after the shot.

But a shot that immediately stops and *isn't* fatal is very low probability.


It's like the hollywood trope of knocking someone out with a blunt strike to the back of head. It's possible, but even if you're an expert, you have about a 5% chance of pulling it off without killing the guy.

 

[spat]

Dumbest idea ever. Train as you fight. In a situation where milliseconds count, you now have to decide if you need to shoot to wound vs shoot to stop the threat.

I see a lot of hurt or dead police officers coming out of this stupid policy.


Orrrrr, people could just stop breaking the law.

Shooting someone is deadly force, no matter where you aim.

 

[spat]

Geeeee...

Next will come the department policy to shoot the knife or gun out of the perp's hand! Shoot their big toe... Whatever...

Definitely a move made by someone who's never been in the moment or split second where your life, or the other person is the choice...

And yeah, if this takes root, I could see Article 35 being amended to require the use of force to incapacitate before it being justifiable to use deadly force!

Wait for it...

"I was aiming for the knife, but he was holding it in front of his chest....."

 

[MothMan]

I feel safer now.

 

[Uninformed and Compliant]

"I was aiming for the knife, but he was holding it in front of his chest....."

Some solutions never change, lol. "I was aiming the .50 at his canteen"

 

[Defilade]

What's next? Give them .22 pistols?

 

[holdover]

Why would you be using lethal force in a non lethal manner?

Seems all sorts of dangerous.

Exactly!

 

[holdover]

Dont think the law wont appy to civilians later on either.

 

[pshift]

One word. Ridiculous. The criminals are not trained that way.

 

[Shadow rider]

next...tranquilizer guns will replace side arms!