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28 Mar 2020, 1:35 pm
My guess in the panic of being shot at,they aimed for the torso center mass
Not due to panic. All law enforcement officers are trained to aim and shoot for centre of mass. They’re trained to shoot to kill, not to piss around trying some Hollywood movie move like shooting a knee or trying to shoot a gun out of someone’s hand. If they have to discharge their weapon it means there’s a lethal threat to them or others and the person they’re shooting at needs to be taken out. They don’t fire warning shots etc. They’re trained to react with a kill shot to the chest.
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My guess in the panic of being shot at,they aimed for the torso center mass
Not due to panic. All law enforcement officers are trained to aim and shoot for centre of mass. They’re trained to shoot to kill, not to piss around trying some Hollywood movie move like shooting a knee or trying to shoot a gun out of someone’s hand. If they have to discharge their weapon it means there’s a lethal threat to them or others and the person they’re shooting at needs to be taken out. They don’t fire warning shots etc. They’re trained to react with a kill shot to the chest.
Brattleboro Vermont police got sued for killing a man wielding a knife at a church,it was claimed later he was mentally ill.
About 7 or 8 years later there was a man with either a knife or a gun I don't remember,outside the Brattleboro,VT police station and a police woman shot the hand holding the weapon,knocking the weapon out of his hand.
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28 Mar 2020, 11:10 pm
I know someone who is a firearms trainer for law enforcement. They definitely do not train officers to shoot knives out of hands. They train to shoot centre of mass to completely negate the lethal threat of whoever they need to shoot. Maximizes the chance they hit their target and achieve their objective. Makes no sense to train cops to take high risk low probability of success shots when their lives are on the line.
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