Firepower

[Tal]

Every police agency in the country [U.S.] trains it's officers to shoot for the largest visible section of the body, usually center mass.  The reason? Because it's hard as hell to hit the leg or arm when in a situation that calls for use of deadly force.  If police are going to draw their gun, fire it, they are shooting to kill.

Exactly - I was a military policeman. We were taught that if we put our finger on the trigger it was to put the suspect on the ground. It was drummed into our heads that if you fired your weapon you were to hit the center mass - anything else and you weren't doing your job. I can remember vividly my instructor(s) explaining that arms and legs move in a situation like that - and that a suspect can (and usually will) return fire if hit in the legs or arms. Better to knock them down and secure the suspects weapon.

Doc> If it were me I wouldn't worry about helping the bad guy if you did hit him in the leg. He's liable to get better medical attention and a prostethic in prison anyway. ;) :D

Cheers,
-Tal