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Originally Posted by Itse
This guy was a literal crazy person running around stabbing people in the city center. The Finnish police caught him alive. Yes they used a gun, they shot him, but they didn't kill him. They didn't put five bullets at center mass, they shot once, in the leg.
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Have you ever shot a handgun? It is very hard to shoot someone in the leg, nevermind adding in the stress and adrenalini in the situation.
Lethal force is a tool police are taught strict rules for use and when the decision to use it is made it is to be done as taught or there are consequences.
Once the decision is made it is shoot centre mass til the threat is over. 5 shots takes a couple seconds. When you look down the sights of a handgun you can not see your target, they are a blur, hence shooting centre mass.
I wish everyone who said shoot a leg would go to a range and play with a gun for a day. I've done shooting with the police during a famil at their range and on my farm with friends. It's not what you think it is.
I will concede some of these situations can be handled much better, but the resources aren't there yet. When 911 gets the call for someone with a knife there's no time to call in counsellers and others who can talk someone down. People can't stand the taxes and police budgets we already have imagine adding in all the support staff to have critical incident responders on shift as well.
I'd like to see better training for officers, I know a lot of good ones, but the more education the better.
Sorry for rambling, lots of good comments on this thread but also lots of people making judgement of a situation we know very little about.