Agreed. Is there any moment at which it would be reasonable for a cop to point a gun (let alone shoot it?) For someone trying to steal a bike? Is there any bike

Agreed. Is there any moment at which it would be reasonable for a cop to point a gun (let alone shoot it?) For someone trying to steal a bike? Is there any bike in the world more valuable than a person's life? I understand that police are put into more risk but my outside impression is that their training overcompensates for it and so we get extremely trigger-happy police that just make confrontations even that more tense (why give yourself up if you'll end up getting shot in the process anyways?)