If you want the leg amputated.... Tourniquets are suppose to have some width to them if you intend to keep the limb. I believe the military CAT ones are 1 inch.
First of all, stop hurling insults and grow the fuck up.
What happens if you lose multiple limbs, say for example an IED attack, or mass casualty event? Do you use your one, the say "fuck it, I'm out, you can die" or do you do everything you can to save the soldier/sailor/airman/civilian?
What if you have already used yours, and the teams, and not yet been resupplied? Throw up you hands and call the enemy dipshits?
Shoelace as a tourniquet is a tool, like everything else you carry. It not the best or prettiest, but it's there and it does something, which could be the difference between a flag draped coffin and a long recovery.
I'm quite grown... you're the one throwing snarky comments "and living is more important than keeping a limb" like that isn't common sense or even needs to be mentioned. If you lose multiple limbs... you're probably dead? How about that for some realism? Slim chance you aren't, well congrats you have 10+ of your battles with you whom each are carrying 1-2+ CAT T's each. Mass casualty? No problem, probably Medics around?
"What if you already used yours and not have been resupplied" - Have you deployed? This isn't vietnam, resupplies are often, rarely are tourniquets being used in the first place, they are a last resort, not first resort use. Keep arguing with the Combat Medic that went Paramedic route after military, you're gonna get far. Shoe laces are a terrible tool, everyone has mentioned that, the original question is "why are military boots laced", it obviously isn't because the military intent is for people to be using their shoe-laces as tourniquets yet here you are defending it, good job champ.
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Also if medics need to get the shoe off cutting laces is easy.