From: Jonathan Spencer, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Just seen the Siege program on ITV tonight,
didn't see it
>why is it that
>the police marksman will only shoot when the target is
>pointing the firearm at the hostage with their finger on
>the trigger, about to kill the hostage?
because, contrary to the claims recently posted here that the police
shoot first and ask questions afterwards, they really don't want to
shoot anyone. And they don't want to face a trial in which it is
alleged that they fired when it wasn't necessary. Damned if you do and
damned if you don't. An unenviable position.
>As we all know, the body does the last thing the brain
>told it to do eg the decapitated Chicken that runs away
>headless - the last command the body received.
Nah, the chicken thrashes because his CNS has been severed, its a reflex
action. If you destroy the brain - or the spine - there won't be even a
twitch. Neck-shot deer, or cattle hit with a captive bolt killer, go
down like a sack of spuds.
>Shooting someone when they are about to kill the hostage
>is probably too late, is it not better to shoot when the
>target is not pointing the firearm/weapon at their
>hostage(s), there by minimising the risk of the hostage
>being killed by accident.
But, if the hostage is not in immediate danger - and no one has been
shot so far - are you justified in shooting?
>Someone needs to get all those mis-trained officers
>retrained, &also do something about their marksmanship
>abilities.
Dead easy to criticise, less easy to do.
--Jonathan Spencer, firearms examiner
"Justice is open to everybody in the same way as the Ritz Hotel."
Judge Sturgess, 22 July 1928
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