[Bazf]

There has been a policy for years in the UK about when the police or Army can use force to stop or control a terrorist and as someone who had to carry a weapon I totally agree with it, you have to give 3 warning and then the person in charge has to make a decsion whether to use force or not, except in the case where you think yourself, a civilian or others may be hurt or killed then you use your professional knowledge to shot to kill, why never to maim... because a. its not James Bond b. you may miss and injure innocent people c. biggest part of the body is the biggest target. Belive it or not it was passed as ok by the European court of human rights on more then one occasion when the UK forces were challanged by the Paddys.
What makes it seem surral is that ever TV news station hear has the headlines "British police shot and killed a man" this is the biggest news story and people at work came up to me today saying "your police killed a guy today" police shooting people here doesnt even get mentioned, in a 2 week period Tampa police have killed 7 people. So if the police shot someone then it headlines around the world and in a small way it is something to be proud of, not the actual killing, but the fact it doesnt happen that often which means the so called do-gooders don't have a lot to go on about.