They are all short-range, Brian, and might put the officer within range of an
offensive weapon.
I suspect that they don't do wounding because those parts are very difficult to
hit; or perhaps it is because they are trained to stop an assailant as quickly
as possible and slightly gouging a leg won't do that.
Chris
On 23 Dec 2010, at 14:59, Brian Swale wrote:
> I usually wonder why, in situations such as this, they don't routinely deploy
> something such as tear-gas, pepper spray, and tazers (now available freely
> here), to remotely calm and control such young guys without killing them.
>
> And when they fire a rifle/pistol, they seem to aim for the chest rather than
> a
> leg etc which could give a disabling non-lethal wound..
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