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Originally Posted by greencreeper
I don't see that he got into a state where he had to be killed, or that anyone can ever get into such a state. The decision was taken to kill him - he was shot five times, hitting his brain, heart, liver, and a major blood vessel. Kind of puts Annie Oakley to shame. We'll now never know his state of mind or the events that led to his actions.
What worries me is that everyone finds it perfectly acceptable  |
one shot one kill only works in the movies.
the ARU's role is to stop the person who is threatening their lives and the lives of the public.
You can't even say he was shot in the places which have been reported as damaged because once a bullet enters a body it can go anywhere.
There was a man with a shot gun shooting at the police and other houses, who didn't respond to the negotiators.
The only option the police have in that situation is to stop the person by shooting them.
Now, I don't know if you're saying they should have just left him to merrily carry on shooting out of his windows at whatever he liked, or maybe you just just think 5 shots was excessive, in which case, why do you think it's excessive?
There was a 7 year old girl in the US not that long ago who was shot 7 times in the head with a 9mm gun from a foot or two away and survived.
A friend of mine accidently shot herself in the head and thankfully got away with just a nasty scar along her hairline, a rather freaked out daughter, and a very appologetic soon-to-be ex-husband as it was one of his hot empty cases that went down the back of her neck just at the wrong moment.