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Originally Posted by endless psych  On the car itself aye, its tyres or such. Reasonable force surely dictates not the driver.
Accidentally hitting the driver is one thing 21 shots (out of fifty) connecting without disabling the car? Thats another entirely. |
I do somewhat agree with that, but if a car is driving directly at you, with the intention of running you over your going to panic and fire like hell to avoid getting killed.
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Originally Posted by endless psych Thing is to my mind if a police officer has the responsibility of a firearm they also have the responsibility to only use it when a lethal threat has been confirmed. Of course this means that I wouldn't let them shoot unless fired upon which might be a bit shite for the police officers involved but fairer for society at large.
(there are exceptions if a member of the public appears to be under threat.) |
I would class intentionally killing somebody by running them over as a lethal threat. I do get what you mean by don't shoot unless in response, but there are plenty of other life threatening situations where by that logic you wouldn't be able to use a firearm - said car running over, somebody pulls a knife, bat, etc.
All that logic would end up with his more dead cops.
