Kickaha wrote:
I understand why he would say that. If you shoot center mass logic says you my hit the heart or lungs or other major organ leading to death. People think shoot them in the leg, they will be hurt bad enough to stop, but would not be fatal. It's a nice thought, but someone shot in the leg can still return fire injuring or killing somebody. Also, if the femoral artery is hit, it could still be a fatal wound in as little as 90 seconds. Trying to hit a smaller, most likely quickly moving target also leads to greater chance on missing the target and causing unintended injury to an innocent bystander. I wish it were like in the movies and the good guy was able to shoot the gun out of the bad guy's hand. Everybody goes home relatively unharmed. I have seen a sharp shooter do this with a sniper quality rifle and scope from a resting position against an immobile target.
I understand why he would say that. If you shoot c... (
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I know why Uncle Joe thinks the way he does. I watch a lot of old Cowboy and Detective shows on the old show networks and many times the hero will merely wound the bad guy intentionally. I bet whilst he hunkers down in his basement bunker Olde Joe also enjoys them olde shows. Unlike Uncle Joe I know that is not real life.