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- Subject: Re: Bad tactical position ( was Psychology in Defense)
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- Date: 20 Nov 92 13:45:54 GMT
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- In article <75209@hydra.gatech.EDU>, gt4458c@prism.gatech.edu (John Stephens Cronin) writes:
- #
- # One thing I wonder about...
- #
- # What if the perp is armed with a knife and starts walking very deliberately
- # towards you from 20 feet away. I know many anti-gun types who have said about
- # cops in similar situations "he had a gun, why couldn't he just shoot him in
- # the leg or something?". In fact, cops have had to undergo a lot of invest-
- # igation on that point here in Atlanta, although as far as I know they have
- # all been (eventually) exonerated. Still, if you get a civil jury trial this
- # point can be made to sound very convincing by the plaintiffs lawyers. So, if
- # you were in this situation, why not shoot for the legs (assuming you have a
- # big enough gun and are a good enough shot)?
- #
-
- I'd suggest viewing Surviveing Edged Weapons by calibre press. What the
- research has pointed out is that if someone is within like 21 feet (or was it
- 24 feet), that person will be able to attack you with an edged weapon before
- you can stop the attack.
-
- #From an officer's perspective, I can say if someone is walking towards me from
- 20 feet away with a knife and is not following my verbal commands (if I even
- have time to give them, which is unlikely), they are going to get shot. It
- would be a justified shoot.
-
- As far as the typical liberal "hey, shoot for the legs" arguement. What if I
- miss? In critical incident situations, you lose about 70 percent of your skill
- level (Dr. William Lewinski, you can see his name and some of his credits of
- you look through your copy of Tactical Edge in the credits section). This is
- not the time to take any chances with your life or the life of others. Also a
- let shot is not as great as stopping someone as a center mass shot might be.
- What if you just graze the leg? It's a smaller target, it sure can happen...
-
- Fortunarely for officers and civilians the "shoot for the leg" bit hasn't
- fairly very well in court...
-
-
- # --
- # John Cronin Internet: gt4458c@prism.gatech.edu Phone: (404) 876-1419
- # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- # Live each day as if it's your last. One day you'll be right. -- me
- # Lighten up, you're gonna die whether you have fun or not. -- me again
- #
- Eric Huber
- Mankato State University
- Law Enforcement Program
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