rowyn: (worried)
rowyn ([personal profile] rowyn) wrote2005-09-17 08:38 am

Follow-up: Shoot to Kill

Oh, goody.

Yeah, that'd sure make me feel safer if I were in Britain. O_O

[identity profile] kirzen.livejournal.com 2005-09-18 12:19 pm (UTC)(link)
It certainly should.

After all dear, its not like you would be seen walking from the appartment building where there are known terrorists staying, in a very bulky jacket, in the middle of July, then choose to -run- from the police towards a crowded subway station.

The policies handed down by Isralis regarding shoot-to-kill for suspected suicide bombers is a very positive policy. I would rather a half dozen people outlined in the above scenario take a dozen bullets to the head than a single suicide bomber get shot in the leg in a crowded subway station, trigger his explosives, and kill or wound hundreds of innocent people...

Its a very sane policy, suicide bombers are a scary, very difficult to control reality in our times...