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Originally Posted by milambur
Stand in front of a mirror and look at how much of your body that are legs. How bad a shooter would you have to be to miss them from less than 10 meters? I'm no rambo, but I can hit a coke can from 10 meters in less than 2 sec from pulling my gun, it is not that hard.
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I think what Sly is trying to tell you is that not only is it standard practice among most police forces but it's simply not as reliable a shot to aim for the legs. The legs on an attacking perp are moving, they're narrower than the torso, if your shot does happen to miss there's a larger chance of it ricocheting off the pavement/ground etc and hitting an innocent bystander.
Sorry, cops will always aim for the body, dead center, in the heat of an extreme situation where someone with a weapon is attacking.
You saying it's easy and you could do it, well... why aren't you a cop?
The only thing 'easy' about your argument is people who've never been in such a situation second-guessing what trained professionals do. I suggest you go to your local cop shop and try getting as many of them together in one room as you can and then tell them they should be shooting for the legs.
Come back and let everyone know what their reaction was.