Police shoot man who stabbed student in synagogue

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128. There's no such thing as shoot to wound.

Even if you were able to wound the knife-wielder and avoid hitting any arteries or major organs, assuming the shooter can even hit their target with a bullet, there's no guarantee the guy wouldn't have an adrenaline rush and charge the cops with the knife. Shooting a weapon out of someone's hand with a handgun is near impossible - it's like trying to hit the center of a moving dartboard 15 feet away while under extreme stress.

In fact, people have been mere feet away from each other and emptied entire magazines of ammunition at each other without having a single injury. That includes cops.

I'm no expert in police tactics, but tasers have problems as well. Sometimes all the prongs don't go in, or the guy is not fully incapacitated. Plus, you only get one shot and that's it. The aiming problem that I talked about above comes into play here.

I'm not sure what could have been done, but it's good more people weren't hurt and that the stabbing victim is alive.