Originally Posted by EvieJ:
“I'm sorry, I'm going to overlook your rather patronising and long winded attempt to compare dramatic effect with real life deaths.
The fact is, that death should be a last resort for anyone. If at all possible shoot to disable rather than shoot to kill would a preferable option to shooting someone who is no threat to others and should be tried and found guilty of any crimes they have committed.”
EvieJ, everyone has their own opinions and rightly or wrongly i try and respect yours. But, you have been told time and time again that the Police are not trained to shoot to disable, indeed I can not think of a single authorised fire arms user in the world, including the army , who are trained in this way. Police marksmen are trained to shoot to stop and if the person shot dies well that's a possible consequence of carrying a firearm or failing to do what the Police say in any instance when they are identified as armed police Officers.
Why some people continue to defend armed, violent criminals is beyond me
In the 24 years up to June 2015 Police officers in the UK shot and killed 55 people. In America, Police shot and killed 59 people in the first 24 days of 2015. Between 1992 and 2011 Australian Police shot and killed 94 people. Canada averages 25 fatal Police shootings every year. No one can say that the British Police are trigger happy. Yes mistakes are sometimes made but it is very rare.
So for the last time can we put this to bed. British Police are not trained to shoot to disable, they never have been and never will be, just like every other law enforcement agency in the world. We do not have trigger happy officers, if you ever spoke to a Police Officer who has shot and killed someone, as I have, you would know that they are usually devastated at having done so.
Enough is enough.