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by msandford 3975 days ago
People who don't like the idea of police shooting someone not just a few times but a few dozen or hundreds of times.

When the police seem to abuse their power by shooting many, many more times than is necessary it's natural for people to ask what can be done to restore a bit of balance between the police and the public.

http://ktla.com/2015/05/23/cleveland-officer-michael-brelo-f...
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jsprogrammer 3975 days ago
Sorry, I'm discussing the nomenclature: "shoot to wound". It sounds like something someone would do as torture. Why shoot to wound someone? To what end? Just to cause them pain?

However, there would seem to be something worth considering in a "shoot to disable" policy, as opposed to a "shoot to kill" policy.

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krapp 3975 days ago
No, call it what it is. I think "shoot to wound" is the correct way to describe it.

"shoot to disable" sounds too abstract, as if guns were something other than machines designed to puncture human flesh with bits of metal, with the express purpose of causing pain, injury and possibly death. Wounding and killing are pretty much the only settings that guns have.

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msandford 3975 days ago
Yeah that makes a lot more sense! Thanks for clarifying.
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