Just in case, there’s no “safe” place to get shot.

A gunshot injury to the leg is always a medical emergency and can be fatal in as little as five minutes if the bullet hits a major artery, causing traumatic blood loss.

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An injury to the aorta, femoral or carotid artery can be especially dangerous because these are the main blood vessels responsible for pulling oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the rest of the body. The brachial artery (which runs through the arms) is another major concern. If one of these arteries is punctured, the trauma can result in an immediate blood pressure drop and extremely rapid blood loss.

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Bleeding can quickly become life-threatening. The average time to bleed out is only 2 to 5 minutes.

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Yes, a taser may also cause lethal cases, unfortunately…

Although all in-custody deaths after ECD shocks are not likely a direct result of the shock, a number probably are. Taser International addressed that probability by revising their warnings from “aim at target: center of mass or legs” and “aiming at open front of unzipped jacket” before September 2009 to “when possible, avoiding chest shots…” after that date. More recently, they noted that “heart rate, rhythm, capture” can occur and that “capture” and “cardiac arrest” can contribute to arrest-related death in physiologically or metabolically compromised persons.

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I’ve been in USA for 2 month only accumulated, mostly residing in Europe and Asia, and from my experience, in common civilian life, it’s rare to see an actual lethal weapon being aimed at someone in public unless it’s at zones/movements of Bank or foreign politics, including ambassadorial or consular general residences. In other words, a taser-like solution is much more frequent in civilian life from my experience.