Why does it take more than 1 bullet to bring a man down? Police officers are trained to use firearms.?

Answer 1

Because they are firing rapidly to make sure that they take the suspect down. They are not going to take one shot and then check to see if they hit the guy or not, and if he is sufficitently subdued so as to not shoot back. They are going to make sure he's incapacitated to pretoect theirs and everyone around thems lives before they stop. Dont do somethign that causes the police to shoot at you, and it wont matter anyway, right?

Answer 2

The stopping power of a bullet does not only rely on caliber or weight. It also relies on the placement of the shot, and the size of the person being shot.

As officers we are trained to shoot 'center mass' and are trained to 'Stop the Threat'.....We are not trained to shoot someone in the leg or shoot a gun out of the criminals hand, that is Hollywood Crap. We are also trained in what is called "double tapping" which is firing 2 rounds center mass in quick succession. This is done at closer ranges, 7 yards or closer. That is the distance where most shootings occur. If several shots are fired and no effect is taking place, it can be for several reasons. No vital area was hit, adrenaline levels are so high the supect doesnt feel pain right away or he may be wearing a bullet resistance vest. In this case we are trained to shoot at the pelvic-hip area. This will break bones and cause the suspect to go down, no amount of adrenaline can replace a bone that is no longer there.......

Also a person may be on illegal substances or a larger person with more than average fat stores may take several rounds to bring down.

There is a training video where an ex- professional boxer (About 6'6" and 375 lbs) gets into a confrontation with an officer and the officer shoots him in the stomach at about a range of 3 feet. You can hear the boxer say to the officer, "why did you do that, now Im mad"...while he proceeded to take the gun away from the officer and beat him with it. The officer ran away and the boxer chased him. 1 round was like a bee sting to him.

Answer 3

Go down to your local shooting club and try this little experiment. Shoot at a target while standing still and then try shooting the same target while walking. Just by simply walking (not including the stress of a firefight or someone running at you with a knife) makes accuracy drop dramatically.

The fact that police officers ARE trained to use firearms IS the reason that sometimes multiple shots are fired. If the officer shoots once and the guy goes down then he/she won't shoot anymore.

We had an incident in our city just a little while ago where a guy ignored an officer's command to drop the knife he had in his hand and he was trying to get back into the house where a woman and children were staying. The officer shot him once in the chest (dead center) and the guy dropped the knife and fell to the ground. The suspect spent a few days in hospital and was okay.

Answer 4

Yes officers are trained to use firearms and the general concept is you shoot to disable not to kill.

Also remember that an officer makes every attempt to use the weapon as a LAST RESORT however often times suspects give the officer little option when bearing a firearm in the officers direction first!

However, in a firefight for ones life you have way too many variables that come in to the event that may result in less than accurate shooting.

Add the thought that some people may be less effected due to build or influence of alcohol or drugs where the bullet doesn't have an immediate affect!

In hopes that this sheds some light on the subject...best wishes.

Answer 5

Police officers receive extensive training on the use of firearms. The academy I attended trained us in combat shooting, which is fast, aimed fire to center mass. We're trained to continue to fire until the threat has ended. Included were 'failure to stop' drills, where we are told to use head shots after several center mass shots have not stopped a threat. There are many reasons why it would take more than one bullet to stop a threat. (1) The shots fired have failed to strike a disabling target. (2) The threat is on an adrenaline rush that is carrying him onwards despite being hit multiple times. (3) The threat is using mind altering drugs or stimulants. I could go on and on, but hopefully you've gotten the point. A shot that will or could be eventually fatal may not stop a threat immediately.

Answer 6

Did you know your chances of living one shot to the chest by a 9mm bullet is over 94%? What happens when you get shot is the bullet enters your body and creates a "wound channel", image shooting a water bed (our bodies our mostly water) and inside this waterbed are floating sacks (organs). When the bullet cause trauma it first distributes a shock wave which shifts or moves the organs AWAY from the bullet, creating a channel. Your better off getting a through and through shot.

Getting shot with smaller calibre weapons (like a .22) is worse! Worse becaues a .22 will strike bones, fragment, and rattle all around inside your body causeing massive trauma. Same with getting shot in the head with a .22, bad stuff!

Aside from that when the police our threatened and they are fighting for their life, how many bullets is not easy to keep track of. People don't fall down or fall back like you see in movies and TV. People will get shot, and still try to kill the cop! Multiple shots will increase the chances to stop the threat.

Answer 7

In addition to the very well said answer above re: caliber & bullet weight, there is also the fact that police don't engage in firefights very often in their career, and they are just as susceptible to nerves in that situation as anybody else.

Most cops never have to draw and fire their guns in their careers, so a live firefight is generally a new experience for them. All the time on the range helps them with the mechanics, but not with the nerves. Aim is less accurate.

Anyway, their training is also to not stop shooting until the threat is eliminated (i.e. down & not moving). This is good policy, and I have no problem with policemen preferring to be going home after their shift, rather than to the hospital or the morgue.

Answer 8

Because the vast majority of gunshot wounds are NOT fatal or incapacitating.

Simple answer.

Now to Krishna. How can you have a Name like Krishna and be interested in guns. I can tell by your answer you have NO CLUE about guns at all.

First off. Police are trained not to fire at any specific body part (like a leg) thats hollywood crap. not real life. they are trained to fire Center-Mass. to stop the assailant as quickly as possible.

Secondly your ideas about arms and legs being non-fatal and head chest and abdomen shots always being fatal is again full of crap.

Ever hear of the femoral artery? It is a major artery that runs down your leg. You hit that and you are dead fast by bleeding out quick. People survive head, chest, and gut wounds. People have been killed by wounds to the arms and legs.
It has nothing to do with what major body part is hit. It has to do with what internal organs and structures are hit. there are vital areas in ALL parts of the body.

Now we get into your idiotic claims about guns.
Double Action and Single action have NOTHING to do with the force of the bullet. They are just differet methods by which the hammer is first ****** and the trigger released. What affects the force of the bullet is the amount of Powder in the cartridge and the caliber of the bullet. Not the trigger or hammer. you are totally clueless aren't you?

They do not select to lower the power on their guns so that bullets fired at the heart make a small bleed wound and knowck them dowm. thats fancyful BS again.

What you may be thinking of is rubber bullets. they will hit,sting,and knock you down even. they can break the skin and cause a severe bruise and maybe a small bleed if it breaks skin. However a direct hit over the heart can still kill because of the blunt force trauma can send the heart into cardiac arrest.

As far as I can see you have done NO CREDIBLE RESEARCH WHATSOEVER.

Answer 9

It all depends on the size and velocity of the round. a .38 or 9mm is a super sonic round. Will pass through the body. If nothing vital is struck, the person keeps coming. A sub sonic round such as .45 or .40 cal has more stopping power. And just because you are trained to shoot at a target, when someone is shooting back, it's a whole different dynamic in play..............

Answer 10

The cops first intention is not to kill their foe they try to disable or capture the person by shooting at one of his legs so they cant escape but get fatally wounded.Besides a bullet when shot at any parts of the body such as the legs or a hand or the shoulders does not kill the person only when it is shot at one of the fatal parts such as the skull or the heart or the abdomen does it kill him.Moreover the cops are nowadays using advanced pistols such as the walther p99 which combine double action and single action techniques the cops can adjust the force with which the bullet is shot ,if it is shot at a considerably lower force at the heart also it does not kill person because it does not penetrate the persons body but merely creates a small temporary bleeding wound and falls to the ground.

Answer 11

The likely hood of delivering a fatal or incapacitating shot with just one discharge is highly unlikely. Stress, target movement and such are variables that change from moment to moment.
Even Navy Seals are trained to use multiple shots.