I grew up on a small farm in far south Texas, an area where many transits from Mexico traveled constantly. Even as a small girl, my father taught me how to shoot to protect myself or my family from violent intruders. There was target practice, lessons in gun maintenance, and the essential lessons on gun safety. Neither he nor I ever practiced with the guns to shoot for ensuring the death of the offending intruder. Rather, he taught me how to take a man down, by shooting a knee out, or a shoulder. I have never understood why so many police officers always shoot for the heart or head instead. Why do they insist on killing rather than maiming, when wounding a person allows for the preservation of life?
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