politicus
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« on: May 13, 2012, 03:19:38 PM » |
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Most European police forces have orders to aim at the legs in order to stop the target from running away. That's standard operating procedure. Going after the torso is too dangerous, and its not generally accepted, that the police just kills criminals. European criminals are often not armed and a large proportion of the situations where police officers draw fire arms are against mentally ill people, whom it would be amoral to kill just because they threaten someone with a weapon.
Even if a gun wound is always somewhat risky, a torso shot is clearly more risky than a leg shot.
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