I might sound gosh darned close to a liberal to ask things like this, I know...
But if an offender has holed up behind some trees in an isolated area, why does that position have to be immediately assailed? Other than for the satisfaction of the moment that we showed um who was boss in the quickest time possible?
We have turned into a sound bite, spur of the moment society, I fear. A long view of justice, with the patience required, would need a fear of the Lord, and that is what has been lost. If examining capital cases for decades is the price we pay for not plunging our own souls towards an eternal hell... so be it.
I’m afraid you don’t just sound like a liberal.... I’m afraid you think like one, too. Did you ever read any “Dick Tracy” comics from the 1940s or 50s? What happened to crooks who shot at cops? Look some up on the Internet and tell me Grady Judd has some radical new idea.
I’m not a cop lover and my reasons are personal.
But an armed perp who has committed murder already....considering the fact that he’s A. Alone B. You have a safe background ( no possibility of bullets passing through to damage or injure past the perp). A peace officer should first ask for said perp to surrender, if possible and when the answer is no......take him out before he widows you or a comrade.
You lost me completely with the hell thing. That’s between each individual and his maker and not for the cop out “ he’ll get his in the afterlife “ baloney.