"Less Lethal" ammunition

[kidicarus13]

Have you ever witnessed less-than-lethal not work as designed on someone? Now what? If you don't have option #2 now what? Shoot until you're empty and then die? Premium hollow-points for me. I'll protect me and mine to the best of my ability and then worry about the rest later.

[cmailliard]

Have you ever witnessed less-than-lethal not work as designed on someone? Now what? If you don't have option #2 now what? Shoot until you're empty and then die? Premium hollow-points for me. I'll protect me and mine to the best of my ability and then worry about the rest later.

This - this is why LE are not supposed to deploy Less Lethal unless they have lethal cover. You always hear "why did they not use a taser" more often than not it is because there is only one officer on scene, if he/she deploys less lethal and it does not work (quite often) then they are in a world of hurt. The same can be applied to a non-LEO situation.

There was a video out not to long ago where a LEO was in a house with a guy and a knife I think. You hear him ask almost pleading for more officers to arrive and get in here. If I had to guess he did not want to shoot this guy and was hoping a second Officer could arrive and deploy less lethal, but because he was by himself he had his handgun out. If a second Officer were to arrive he/she could have deployed a taser and given them more options. As it stood the guy closed in on the Officer and he shot him.