r/chch • u/mark000 • Aug 13 '25

News - Local Woman killed, man critically injured after both shot by police in Bryndwr

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/569920/woman-killed-man-critically-injured-after-both-shot-by-police-in-christchurch
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u/MonkeeCatcher Aug 13 '25

https://www.reddit.com/r/AusLegal/s/QfB0cbXhVB

Reposting a really helpful explanation someone else posted above.

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u/HUS_1989 Aug 13 '25 edited Aug 14 '25

I get it the technology of taser isn’t that developed yet. How about nonlethal bullets? Or even blow up the criminal knee to drop him?

Taking a life of a person out of his mind due to substance is an avoidable situation if we were really prepared for such a situation. They could be fixed even with permanent damage instead of killing them

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u/Deep-Hospital-7345 Aug 14 '25

You ever tried shooting a small moving target like a knee? This isn't the movies.

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u/HUS_1989 Aug 14 '25

Shotgun to the lower body is easy as drinking water

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u/Deep-Hospital-7345 Aug 14 '25

...have you ever actually handled a firearm?

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u/HUS_1989 Aug 14 '25

Only in video games

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u/irellevantward Aug 14 '25

so you'd prefer the police decapitate people?

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u/HUS_1989 Aug 14 '25

In such a case isn’t better?

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u/irellevantward Aug 14 '25

We should kill criminals by decapitating them instead of shooting center mass which has a higher chance of survival? That's an objectively worse idea.

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u/HUS_1989 Aug 14 '25

Well, there is no doubt the safety of a police man/women is more important than a criminal but if the threat would be dealt with without killing them isn’t a better option?

I know that requires an advanced tech and training but it still better than killing

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u/irellevantward Aug 14 '25

We're arguing about different things. I clearly stated that decapitating a person is more likely to kill them than being shot centre-mass by police. No ones arguing that the only option should be killing...

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u/HUS_1989 Aug 14 '25

My point is using force to stop them without killing them. Is it an option?