That is incorrect, most Americans with firearms training have been taught to shoot to STOP.


The "shooting to kill" vs. "shooting to wound" thing is only an issue to those who have no experience actually shooting handguns and/or have mostly seen handguns used in the movies.

Handguns are notoriously hard to shoot with any degree of accuracy under stress. Add this to the fact that most shooting altercations occur 1) in the dark 2) within ten feet and 3) are decided in the first two seconds and considerations "shoulder", "legs", "warning shots" whatever fly out the window.

The way I have been taught, with a handgun one aims center mass and continues to pull the trigger until the assailant stops.

Some comfort I guess in that most people shot with a handgun do not actually die from the experience although the injuries inflicted are often severe and permanent.

Mike