Reply to "Doctors vs. Guns"

to denis c, you state in effect that cops should learn to shoot to wound, unfortunately once a firearm is displayed, the decision has already been made that deadly force is appropriate in the situation. "shoot to wound" is not practical and does not work, stress levels are way too high, a dynamic situation exists, the distances and time frames involved do not lend themselves to pinpoint body shot placement, a bullet is not magic-it does not stop an offender immediately-it just disrupts part of their biology, the rest of the offender keeps going (it ain't like "in the movies"). there are many after incident reports of evil-doers soaking up bullets and they are just like the energizer bunny, they just keep going. for an example look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_FBI_Miami_shootout , one of the offenders was shot 6 times, the other offender 12 times before they were stopped.

a very controversial topic we are on, however i think it is safe to say that a gun in the hands of a law abiding citizen is an active threat to no one, whereas even a broomstick in the hands of an aggressor is a deadly weapon.