We come in peace or shoot to kill.

[SpontaneousOrder]

Not Brazilian, so don't care.

[darmstadt]

Sounds like they've taken him out of context to me.

I would interpret his comment to say that if there's a terror attack, police shouldn't go in and mow everyone down with gunfire at the slightest provocation just because it's a terror attack.

But everything he says gets taken out of context and torn apart so I am not surprised.

Yep, up to a point:

“I’m not happy with the shoot-to-kill policy in general – I think that is quite dangerous and I think can often be counterproductive. I think you have to have security that prevents people firing off weapons, where they can. There are various degrees of doing things as we know … but the idea you end up with a war on the streets is not a good thing. Surely you have to work to try and prevent these things happening, that’s got to be the priority.”

So he's not happy with it and I think many other people have the same opinion but he's not stating that he's against it.

[jbond007]

Ok, to sum up, it's not ok to shoot some scumbag carrying an AK just in case it harms his human rights to shoot people?

...and his human rights to have a family life, his human rights to live a productive life and make important contribution to the society ...

[d000hg]

Ok, to sum up, it's not ok to shoot some scumbag carrying an AK just in case it harms his human rights to shoot people?

You can shoot them, but don't aim to kill them just take them down?

[MicrosoftBob]

You can shoot them, but don't aim to kill them just take them down?

Ah so you mean an Arnie knee capping like in Terminator 2 ?

[d000hg]

No, but aim for the torso not the head. Then there's a fairly decent chance they will survive and can be detained/questioned.

[d000hg]

I was under the impression TV overemphasises the miraculous properties of vests - if you hit by a rifle bullet you're down even with one on, certainly you're not going to shrug it off and shoot back right away?

[NibblyPig]

Ok, to sum up, it's not ok to shoot some scumbag carrying an AK just in case it harms his human rights to shoot people?

No, it's ok to shoot someone carrying an AK, but if you see a shifty looking guy on the bus you can't marmalise his face with your sidearm because he looks like a muslim while shouting 'he's coming right for us'