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<blockquote data-quote="Mordane76" data-source="post: 1646086" data-attributes="member: 7172"><p><span style="color: DarkOrange">"Prophet, and his minions I expect, hurt people because they enjoy it. Police officers use lethal force as a deterrant against criminals. Lethal weapons can be used to safely disable people -- take Carl's gun, for instance. Law Enforcement agents are taught to aim for center mass; the expectation is that they if aim for the middle, they'll at least hit something. The main governing premise on them, however, is what constitutes proper protocol for drawing their weapon in the first place. </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange">"Marksmen, however, have a choice -- shooting an assailant just above the collarbone,"</span> X12 says, pointing to the location on himself, <span style="color: DarkOrange">"will sever the brachial nerve, rendering a person's arm useless until the nerves heal. The healing process can take a week to a month, but the damage is rarely permanent. Same with bladed weapons -- trained armsmen can easily disable an assailant with what is otherwise a deadly weapon by hamstringing them, rendering a knee inoperable, or severing an ankle tendon.</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange">"I don't enjoy hurting people, Michael -- I've felt too many good people's injuries to wish to hurt people out of hand -- but I know how to use lethal force as an effective measure against dangerous adversaries. I doubt that the enemy will use subdual tactics -- the last time we met with the Syndicate, they sent the Headsman down to kill us. I don't want to give them the chance to do something similar this time -- I want to be prepared to meet lethal force in kind."</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mordane76, post: 1646086, member: 7172"] [COLOR=DarkOrange]"Prophet, and his minions I expect, hurt people because they enjoy it. Police officers use lethal force as a deterrant against criminals. Lethal weapons can be used to safely disable people -- take Carl's gun, for instance. Law Enforcement agents are taught to aim for center mass; the expectation is that they if aim for the middle, they'll at least hit something. The main governing premise on them, however, is what constitutes proper protocol for drawing their weapon in the first place. "Marksmen, however, have a choice -- shooting an assailant just above the collarbone,"[/COLOR] X12 says, pointing to the location on himself, [COLOR=DarkOrange]"will sever the brachial nerve, rendering a person's arm useless until the nerves heal. The healing process can take a week to a month, but the damage is rarely permanent. Same with bladed weapons -- trained armsmen can easily disable an assailant with what is otherwise a deadly weapon by hamstringing them, rendering a knee inoperable, or severing an ankle tendon. "I don't enjoy hurting people, Michael -- I've felt too many good people's injuries to wish to hurt people out of hand -- but I know how to use lethal force as an effective measure against dangerous adversaries. I doubt that the enemy will use subdual tactics -- the last time we met with the Syndicate, they sent the Headsman down to kill us. I don't want to give them the chance to do something similar this time -- I want to be prepared to meet lethal force in kind."[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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