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Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet
but what would have happened in the UK?
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Most likely scenario? She would have been overpowered and disarmed with the officer possibly sustaining defensive injuries to the hands and arms, depending on how skilled they are with their baton + luck.
If you're trying to tell me that there's a high possibility of a small-ish female without any sort of training killing a larger person, who has seen her coming, using a small axe.
Not an ideal situation, obviously, and in this case I can understand why the officer reacted and fired without time to think. However, I *still* think officers should be better trained in going for disabling shots and only shooting to kill when absolutely necessary. In this case there wan't even another firearm involved and (you would think) he could have taken her down non-fatally before she got close enough to be a real risk.