From PoliceOne
"I remember servicing a bad guy one night at about seven yards with night optics. I was trained to do double-taps throughout my military career. I punched him twice with two 5.56 rounds and stopped for a split second in my mind and on the trigger, looking for his response.
The problem was that he was still standing with an AK-47.
I hit him with two more rounds before he began to fall to the ground, and to my amazement, he stood back up before collapsing a second time.
Lessons learned — shoot until they go down. Not one, not two, or three. I now teach a ‘four in the chest,’ ‘one in the head’ failure drill with the rifle."
And when I inquire as to why in heavens name you bothered with the 4 in the chest if you're good enough to put one in the head, well, the replies are legion. Fact of the matter is most shooters are squeamish about beginning activites with head shots...good guy shooters, that is...so the spray and pray to delay tactics are taught pretty much everywhere these days. 5.56 remains a dreadful round to keep pumping into the upper torso, because if you've the time to crank in 4, the target has the time to reply with 1, and if he's a halfway decent shot that one just might be to the brainhousing group, so there goes even the thought of you having anything resembling a good day.
Real story? Cops NEVER wish to appear that KILLING a criminal is their first and foremost intention, hence the "Gosh, your Honor, I DID try some to the body but he kept coming..." school of thought. Listening to what's told to young recruits in Police Academy's across the country, it's a wonder a one of them even draws a gun after having lawyer-speak force-fed on a regular basis.Tune in to the whole story if you've the mind to, but remember that the scoop is coming from a modern police trainer who'd never in a million years be allowed to say, "Practice until you can draw and complete a head shot at 7 yards."
A leftwing District Attorney's office gets wind of that and it's syonnara sarge.
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