Circumstances matter, but it can be done (eg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mzPj_IaMzY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mzPj_IaMzY made the news a while ago).

Circumstances matter, but it can be done (eg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mzPj_IaMzY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mzPj_IaMzY made the news a while ago). Here in Germany, people wielding knives get killed from time to time as well. Pepper spray tends to get used first, and I do not remember any case where a dozen rounds were fired[1] (German police fire on the order of 50 rounds total per year, cf https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffengebrauch_der_Polizei_in_Deutschland#Zahlen https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffengebrauch_der_Polizei_in_... ). [1] edit: apparently, this does happen, cf https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Eisenberg https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Eisenberg