Dino
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This is ridiculous, so ignorant, dangerous. impractical and out of touch it sounds like Obama could have said it.
Joe Biden said Monday that police under attack in the line of duty should shoot their assailants “in the leg instead of the heart” as a way to avert the killing of civilians.
“Instead of standing there and teaching a cop, when there’s an unarmed person coming at them with a knife or something, you shoot them in the leg instead of in the heart is a very different thing. There’s a lot of different things that could change,” Biden said in a meeting with community leaders at Bethel AME Church in Wilmington, Del.
Biden’s remarks were made as cities across the nation continue to be engulfed in violent protests in the wake of the death of George Floyd, an African-American, in police custody in Minneapolis.
The former vice president’s suggestion was intended to reduce the number of fatal shootings by police, and was not meant to refer to the mob violence occurring in many cities over recent nights. But his remarks raised a number of questions.
First, his example bore no real relation to the death of Floyd, who was arrested under suspicion of trying to pass a counterfeit bill. He did not attack police officers with a weapon, nor was he killed by a gunshot.
Second, in Biden’s hypothetical, the person “coming at” police officers was carrying “a knife or something,” meaning, by definition, that he or she was not “unarmed.”
Third, the femoral artery runs down the thigh, making a gunshot to the leg potentially fatal.
Fourth, while police policy differs on the justification for the use of firearms, officers are taught to shoot only as a last resort and to assume that any shot could be lethal. They are instructed to aim at the upper torso, which presents the biggest target.
If police aim at a target half the width and an awkward angle it's fair to say they'll probably miss twice as many shots as they do now. All that will do is put officers in dire danger of their lives and double the threat to any innocent bystanders. A day of firearms training would have taught him that.
Not surprising coming from the dolt who suggested in case of danger: " ...walk out, put that double-barrelled shotgun and fire two blasts outside the house.”
Right, the best defense is being completely disarmed.
Joe Biden said Monday that police under attack in the line of duty should shoot their assailants “in the leg instead of the heart” as a way to avert the killing of civilians.
“Instead of standing there and teaching a cop, when there’s an unarmed person coming at them with a knife or something, you shoot them in the leg instead of in the heart is a very different thing. There’s a lot of different things that could change,” Biden said in a meeting with community leaders at Bethel AME Church in Wilmington, Del.
Biden’s remarks were made as cities across the nation continue to be engulfed in violent protests in the wake of the death of George Floyd, an African-American, in police custody in Minneapolis.
The former vice president’s suggestion was intended to reduce the number of fatal shootings by police, and was not meant to refer to the mob violence occurring in many cities over recent nights. But his remarks raised a number of questions.
First, his example bore no real relation to the death of Floyd, who was arrested under suspicion of trying to pass a counterfeit bill. He did not attack police officers with a weapon, nor was he killed by a gunshot.
Second, in Biden’s hypothetical, the person “coming at” police officers was carrying “a knife or something,” meaning, by definition, that he or she was not “unarmed.”
Third, the femoral artery runs down the thigh, making a gunshot to the leg potentially fatal.
Fourth, while police policy differs on the justification for the use of firearms, officers are taught to shoot only as a last resort and to assume that any shot could be lethal. They are instructed to aim at the upper torso, which presents the biggest target.
Biden suggests police could shoot assailants 'in the leg instead of the heart'
Joe Biden said Monday that police under attack should shoot their assailants “in the leg instead of the heart” as a way to avert the killings of civilians.
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If police aim at a target half the width and an awkward angle it's fair to say they'll probably miss twice as many shots as they do now. All that will do is put officers in dire danger of their lives and double the threat to any innocent bystanders. A day of firearms training would have taught him that.
Not surprising coming from the dolt who suggested in case of danger: " ...walk out, put that double-barrelled shotgun and fire two blasts outside the house.”
Right, the best defense is being completely disarmed.