I disagree about hollowpoint bullets (or rather, an FBI report I read from the 90s does). You lose penetration.
Yes, less chance of over-penetration, but then many of your shots are going to miss anyways. On the other hand, if you can avoid stray rounds going round, you should...firing a weapon into the air is a bad idea, as things come down the same speed they went up (neglecting air resistance, but bullets are made to be reasonably aerodynamic anyways).
Also, if you are significantly (meaing military) trained, you can choose which parts of the target to (hopefully) hit. In which case, 2 to the chest and one to the head is used for a reason...if the heart is totally destroyed, voluntary movement can continue for up to 10 seconds. "Shooting to incapacitate" means destroying the brain or central nervous system (ok, you don't need to totally destroy either, you can hit the brain in the sweet spot and leave the rest of it intactish). Actually, it's 2 to the chest and 1 to the head for each target and then start again till they all go down, IIRC.
Apparently, people going down right away is not only a movie thing, it happens in real life. Because people have seen movies and think they are "supposed" to do so. No guarantee of knocking them down that way, often people don't notice being hit, and that's without drugs.
Bullets knocking people down due to impact...not strictly speaking impossible, but as mentioned, conservation of momentum means the same force is used on the firer. Unless the firer is using a rocket, recoilless rifle or is significantly larger than the target, it's rather unlikely.
As for tazers...important point I've not seen raised. If your first shot misses with a firearm, that's not good, but you've got the rest of the magazine (only clip if you are using rather old fashioned weaponry). You miss your first shot with a taser, you don't get another.
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Alternatively, you can forget all that, and live somewhere with much less violent crime. works for me.
Yes, less chance of over-penetration, but then many of your shots are going to miss anyways. On the other hand, if you can avoid stray rounds going round, you should...firing a weapon into the air is a bad idea, as things come down the same speed they went up (neglecting air resistance, but bullets are made to be reasonably aerodynamic anyways).
Also, if you are significantly (meaing military) trained, you can choose which parts of the target to (hopefully) hit. In which case, 2 to the chest and one to the head is used for a reason...if the heart is totally destroyed, voluntary movement can continue for up to 10 seconds. "Shooting to incapacitate" means destroying the brain or central nervous system (ok, you don't need to totally destroy either, you can hit the brain in the sweet spot and leave the rest of it intactish). Actually, it's 2 to the chest and 1 to the head for each target and then start again till they all go down, IIRC.
Apparently, people going down right away is not only a movie thing, it happens in real life. Because people have seen movies and think they are "supposed" to do so. No guarantee of knocking them down that way, often people don't notice being hit, and that's without drugs.
Bullets knocking people down due to impact...not strictly speaking impossible, but as mentioned, conservation of momentum means the same force is used on the firer. Unless the firer is using a rocket, recoilless rifle or is significantly larger than the target, it's rather unlikely.
As for tazers...important point I've not seen raised. If your first shot misses with a firearm, that's not good, but you've got the rest of the magazine (only clip if you are using rather old fashioned weaponry). You miss your first shot with a taser, you don't get another.
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Alternatively, you can forget all that, and live somewhere with much less violent crime. works for me.