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Originally Posted by DelayedReaction
Perhaps you can elaborate on this a bit more, because I apparently demonstrate a lack of understanding. According to your own rules, you never draw your weapon unless you intend to kill with it. Are the cops trained differently?
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Please refer to the first part of my initial post where I state: "the sole objective of using a gun in defense is not to "kill" but to “stop” a target that presents an imminent threat. "
The difference betweeen "stop" and "kill" is made in all modern defensive handgun training institutions from LFI, Gunsite, Front Sight, Thunder Ranch and others.
For example: A single arterial wound (e.g. aorta, iliac artery, femoral artery, brachial artery etc.) usually won't stop a knife-wielding subject from stabbing you ten times before he is disabled by massive hemorraging - even though he may die minutes/hours later. The result is a "kill" but hadn't been "stopped."
On the other hand a thoracic wound that impacts major viscera will frequently trigger an autonomic neurovascular collapse causing the person to involuntarily drop, pass-out, vomit etc. This is a "stopped" subject which didn't result in a "kill."