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Originally Posted by combustiblefuel
Yes , I wish it was like that here or anywhere else in North America but thats what is severely lacking here in N.A. Our police are trained that if your going to discharge your gun its not a warning shot. They are trained to fire a tight cluster perferably mid chest. There is no shoot to wound mentality. Its if you fire make sure he goes down. Theres been many unions preach "It's better to be judged by twelve than to be carried by six” which is a common phrase started by police and military. Ironically they don't see that bikers like the H.A also follow this mantra ,probably because tjwy were born out of the military. The police have been the largest legal gang that essentially went unchecked for legal liability. Now it's coming to a head and the public is putting them in check. They have been acting like a street gang with their tatics for some time and I for one am happy change may actually be coming foreward.
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I also think it's a real issue that people in the US can't imagine how else would things be. They can't imagine a different kind of police, because they've never seen it.
There's also countless people arguing that shooting to wound would be an unrealistic policy, because they genuinely think that's the case. They're clearly wrong, but it's not a stupid belief. To a civilian it's not at all obvious what is realistic and what is not, when it comes to guns.
Of course American exceptionalism is one major problem. There's no end to people saying "but it's so different here, you can't compare x or Y to us because reasons". Quite often you can, and you should.