Robert is correct IMO. In instructing both military and law enforcement we
stressed
that once the decision is made to fire, aim for the center of the body mass.
Better chance of disabling the opponent, less chance of a stray round
hitting an innocent.
Note too, that 10 ft of distance is the minimum safe distance from a man
with a knife.
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Robert Burnette
<r.burnette@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Brian:
>
> Having served on both military and civilian police forces, I can assure you
> that under extreme stress (i.e. facing deadly force) fine motor skills (i.e.
> eye-hand coordination) are temporarily lost to most people. Tunnel vision
> occurs with the focus primarily on the target, not on the sights of the
> weapon. Precise aim becomes nearly impossible. Aiming for an extremity and
> hitting it while under extreme stress is generally wishful thinking.
> Therefore you have to rely on your training and muscle memory. You are
> taught to shoot for center mass, the largest target in front of you. The
> idea is to stop the deadly aggression as soon as possible.
>
> The loss of fine motor skills accounts for the number of misses compared to
> the number of shot fired. The number of shots fired is a result of repeated
> attempts to incapacitate the aggressor and having been trained not to stop
> firing until the person is incapacitated. Warning shots are strongly
> discouraged. If you have to draw a weapon when confronting deadly force--if
> the sight of the drawn weapon doesn't stop the aggression a warning shot
> isn't going to make much difference, other than to increase the chances that
> the officer is going to get hurt or killed as a result of the extra time
> allowed for the aggressor to react. You are trained never to take that
> chance.
>
> Being able to control precisely aimed shots under highly stressful
> conditions requires more training and experience than most policemen or
> military personnel ever receive. That kind of control is usually the result
> of highly advanced training (swat team members, special forces, snipers,
> etc.) or extensive combat experience. That's one of the reasons why combat
> troops use automatic weapons extensively--to make up for the missed shots.
>
> Those precisely aimed shots on pictured on TV and in movies are created by
> people who have no idea of what is involved in an armed conflict. On the
> other hand, the spraying of bullets all over the place with no one getting
> hit is more realistic than one might think. (Of course getting 20 shots from
> a six-shot revolver or 40 shots from an automatic pistol is stretching it a
> bit.) ;o)
>
> Robert
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brian Swale <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thursday, December 23, 2010 9:59
> Subject: [OM] Gasp! (OT)
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > I usually wonder why, in situations such as this, they don't
> > routinely deploy something such as tear-gas, pepper spray,
> > and tazers (now available freely here), to remotely calm and
> > control such young guys without killing them.
> >
> > And when they fire a rifle/pistol, they seem to aim for the
> > chest rather than a leg etc which could give a disabling
> > non-lethal wound..
> >
> > Brian Swale.
> >
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