Brass Fetcher
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If it is at all possible, aim for the apparant 'leader' of the group. Or at least the person that people seem to be 'grouped around'. A gang of people, naturally are people who don't know about 'chain of command' that military units use, nor contingency planning.
Shooting the leader creates tempoary confusion as the group, now 'leaderless', decides what to do : attack or run. Having hurt or killed the 'leader', leaves several sub-ordinates (who assume that they are 'second' only to the leader on the ladder), who, if they are not running, cannot bring the group into a cohesive whole again. At best, you would still have to deal with a small fraction of the original group, but still a handfull I am sure.
There is a great work called Understanding Riots, that explains lots of this in detail and is/was available free on the internet.
JE223
Shooting the leader creates tempoary confusion as the group, now 'leaderless', decides what to do : attack or run. Having hurt or killed the 'leader', leaves several sub-ordinates (who assume that they are 'second' only to the leader on the ladder), who, if they are not running, cannot bring the group into a cohesive whole again. At best, you would still have to deal with a small fraction of the original group, but still a handfull I am sure.
There is a great work called Understanding Riots, that explains lots of this in detail and is/was available free on the internet.
JE223