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Originally Posted by TooColdNJ
Why not shoot to incapacitate and not shoot to kill?
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As far as I know, there is not a police Dept. in America that teaches its officers to "shoot to incapacitate." A gun is use of deadly force. A taser is used to incapacitate. A police officer is taught to shoot to STOP, whether it kills or incapacitates the subject does not matter as long as it stops them. This is not a TV Western where Hickok shoots the gun out of someone's hand. This is fast paced, adrenaline pumping, shaking hands using whatever means it takes to stop the bad guy and still go home at night to your family. Taking unnecessary chances with known felons or violent individuals is being a fool and can get you or your comrades killed.