04-22-2021, 08:48 PM
deckeda wrote:
Easy prediction: It’ll be proposed to shoot fewer bullets and risk the assumed victim (person not holding knife etc) be hurt or yes, possibly killed as a result. You’re then trading a likely probability for a maybe, which yes are better odds if the goal is have LESS people dead in the aggregate. If we ignore that we equate one deadly weapon’s effectiveness with another’s which is a simple lie.
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What I’m not OK with is assuming as little as just one bullet would have no meaningful effect on a knife wielder. That is a stance that overall won’t be supported by recognition of what the two weapons do. Guarantees are not the point. Likely outcomes remain worthy of discussion.
AllGold wrote:
Police are trained to double tap. Stress and adrenaline could easily lead to a double-double tap.
The fix is to ensure that cops use guns that have heavy trigger pulls so that it takes some deliberate intent to empty the whole clip into every perp.