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I started it with an insult because you made no sense what so ever, talking about not being able to hit anything with a handgun. Besides a little sarcasm is good for you, wakes you up starts you thinking. As for shooting in a tense situation, I have been there and I tell you that anyone who has had the proper training should be able to shoot a perp in the head, with a handgun, at any reasonable range and NOT hit the hostage. I could do it and so could many, many other FReepers.

A cops first duty should be to the people he is supposedly trying to protect. If someone points a gun at him while holding a hostage and the cop can't make the shot, he shouldn't shoot. This cop is guilty of manslaughter at the very least, and IMO should be tried for 2nd degree murder.

I started it with an insult because you made no sense what so ever, talking about not being able to hit anything with a handgun.

I never said that. Of course you can hit a target with a handgun, under the right conditions.

Besides a little sarcasm is good for you, wakes you up starts you thinking.

Well, you've certainly got a point there! But sarcasm is often seen as rudeness, and then the entire conversation can quickly go downhill.

anyone who has had the proper training should be able to shoot a perp in the head, with a handgun, at any reasonable range and NOT hit the hostage

But there is always a risk, especially if the perp is moving erratically. Even more so if the perp is holding the hostage in front of him, as a shield.

I suppose we'll have to disagree on this point.

A cops first duty should be to the people he is supposedly trying to protect. If someone points a gun at him while holding a hostage and the cop can't make the shot, he shouldn't shoot.

Here we most definitely agree.