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Originally Posted by Pragma
In my Law Enforcement Administration class, we discussed exactly this issue. Law enforcement officers of all types (federal, state, local, military) are trained to shoot to kill. If it gets to the situation whey they draw their firearm, they intend to use it to kill someone. They are not trained to shoot to wound, trained to shoot guns out of people's hands, or anything else.
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I think the only people trained with weapons that ARE trained to wound are infantry. Realistically, a dead man takes one man out of battle. An injured man takes 2 or 3 out of combat. But yes, otherwise, shoot to kill is the lesson learned.