Isn't it "strange" that cops suggested to me to use a shotgun with birdshot for home defense.
They flat told me (and they are right), that the birdshot (which is basically a thousand small pellets hitting you at once) wouldn't kill an intruder...but would damn sure make them WISH they were dead from the pain.
Seems like they want me to incapacitate a home invader.
Meanwhile...their policy is shoot to kill in every situation that they fire their weapon.
I think this is a good first step...unfortunately, I've also read that "policy" on police dept's is pretty much to empty the clip into someone until they are DEAD.
So even though the first shot would probably be enough to handle the situation with the "less lethal" ammo (assuming they hit the target), they would nullify that by shooting until the gun was empty with lethal ammo.
The real solution is body cameras on these cops.
But they are fighting that tooth and nail. (Gee, I wonder why) I heard on the news a couple of days ago that in one big city (can't remember which one), the cops were supposed to all have body cams starting this week. But at the last minute, they didn't and said they needed to do more "research" first.
Research? What the fuck? You put the body cam on and turn it on. Case closed (literally)