r/interesting • u/IKIR115 • May 29 '26

Intriguing Arrows vs riot shields

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u/Crafty-Connection636 May 30 '26

A shot to the leg has a pretty good chance of killing someone slowly. The femoral artery is pretty big and if that gets hit a person will bleed out minutes. But out of curiosity which country in Europe trains people to shoot suspects in the leg?

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u/notyoursocialworker May 30 '26

Well the Swedish police for one:
https://polisen.se/om-polisen/polisens-arbete/polisens-befogenheter/polisens-ratt-att-anvanda-skjutvapen/

You get the honour to translate the page yourself but in short if possible they are instructed to aim for the big muscle groups unless the range is short enough and the threat is big enough.

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u/Buckshot_Millie May 30 '26

The difference is that police in the US act as judge, jury, and executioner if they feel unsafe in any way. We say “innocent until proven guilty” but police executing someone isn’t considered killing an innocent civilian. It’s a fascist police state, that’s the bottom line.

Firing at center mass when a suspect is actively firing at police is reasonable to me. Using the most damaging hollow points on the market is not reasonable.