The reason for the third shot, simply put, is that if the BG hasn't been laid out by two shots to the chest, he is one tough mutha and stronger medicine is needed. It doesn't imply shooting an assailant who's down, disarmed, and no threat: that -would- be execution. But if someone's still standing even a split-second after I hammer his centre of mass, he needs to go down NOW because he might just have enough fight left in him to do serious damage. Even if the heart is destroyed, there's enough oxygenated blood in the brain for several seconds of conscious action, which is more than enough time for a truly nasty dude (the kind of nasty who's still standing after taking a pair of .40s to the chest, say) to ruin your whole life expectancy. If the BG is wearing a vest, the situation is even worse.
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