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Maybe you mean it can still be lethal. It definitely make it less lethal. Your chances of dying from a well aimed bullet to the legs are an order of magnitude
by strulovich 6y ago
Maybe you mean it can still be lethal.
It definitely make it less lethal. Your chances of dying from a well aimed bullet to the legs are an order of magnitude less than a well aimed bullet for the head or chest.
In case it’s unclear: Aiming for the legs would be an option for an unarmed person approaching the Israeli Gaza border, and not yielding to instructions, or warning shots. There’s generally not any other good options if your goal is to keep your border protected, and protect your forces against such events being used as diversions for a real attack, which is why it’s a common tactic.
- tomjen3 6y agoAlso an option: do not shoot at all. If they are unarmed they pose no threat to you, and cannot therefore be a diversion. It also remains the only moral option, but of course this assumes you consider other people to be humans - given that members of the Stern gang became impotent members of the Israeli government, I am basically convinced that the Isreali government does not, though some individuals do.