Reply #77: Examine reports of gun fights.

[Ready4Change]

People are notoriously inaccurate with hand guns in pressure situations. Want to DOUBLE your chances of surviving being shot at when mugged? Take a single step backwards. That's how bad people shoot under stress.

Most cops are trained to shoot for center of mass. If you look at yourself in the mirror your center of mass is around your stomach or maybe your sternum. Lots of vitals there, true.

But they aren't shooting there to get vitals, they are shooting there because when their shot proves to be somewhat innaccurate (as it will in 9 out of 10 cases) there's a better chance it will hit SOMETHING than if you shot at the targets legs, or arm. That makes for a better chance of dropping the target, and less chance of a stray bullet continuing on and putting a bystander at risk.

The only people who try things like arm, leg, or gun hand shots are snipers, who have very special equipment and only in very special circumstances.