CNN: Why Don’t Police Shoot to Wound?

As all serious gun owners know, the use of deadly force is generally considered lawful when one reasonably fears death or great bodily harm. It really doesn’t get any more complicated than that. Whether you are Joe Civilian or RoboCop, when you reasonably believe your life is imperiled, you can shoot to kill — or as concealed carry instructors like to euphemize it, “Shoot until the threat is eliminated.”
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MickeyW said:

Why Don't Police Shoot to Wound? https://www.gunsamerica.com/blog/cn...ign=/blog/cnn-why-dont-police-shoot-to-wound/

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Simply because it is not feasible to do this in a life or death situation.

Aiming to wound is difficult at best, and even if successful is no guarantee of putting the perpetrator down. :shrug:

How many videos have we seen of wounded suspects continuing to shoot back?

If someone doesn't want to face deadly force then they should not display a willingness to use deadly force. :coffeepap:

Any gunshot wound can be deadly, despite what Hollywood leads us to believe. We have major arteries in all four limbs.

Yeah, vital organs and the largest arteries are the worst, but you can bleed out just as easily from being shot in the shoulder.

Captain Adverse said:

Simply because it is not feasible to do this in a life or death situation.

Aiming to wound is difficult at best, and even if successful is no guarantee of putting the perpetrator down. :shrug:

How many videos have we seen of wounded suspects continuing to shoot back?

If someone doesn't want to face deadly force then they should not display a willingness to use deadly force. :coffeepap:

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There is an interesting interview with an old Japanese man who was in the Army during WW2 as a Nambu heavy machine gunner.

He said he knew the war was lost when dead Marines were still charging his position after being shot to pieces.

Anyone that talks about "shooting to wound" has no practical firearms experience at all.

as a firearms instructor for both private citizens and LEOs and having shot someone in self defense

YOU SHOOT TO STOP THE ACTIONS that cause you to reasonably fear that your target is trying to kill you

and even USPSA grandmasters aren't going to reliably stop someone by shooting them in the arm holding a gun etc when someone is shooting at them. that's why you aim for center of mass because its the easiest to hit and has a reasonable chance of stopping the attack upon one's self. Now if that doesn't work you might have to shoot for the head or as I teach, the pelvic area since more and more mopes are wearing ballistic vests