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goosevr1 · November 22, 2004, 07:38 PM

One of my other posts attracted a lot of attention so here's another one:

You are in a hostage situation--you, the perp, and the hostage. You are on well terms with the hostage (wife, GF, friend, etc.). The perp has a gun on the hostage, you have your gun on the perp, the perp is yelling at you to drop your gun or he/she will shoot. You are within 10 feet, the perp is very visibly upset/angry over a robbery/whatever gone somewhat bad (realized you had a gun). Consider this on the VERGE of an active shooting scenario.

Do you fire? Do you do what he tells you? If you do will he just shoot you anyway? Can he off your hostage as you fire? Some folks feel they can hit'um "between the eyes" while others have a different opinion. Hoping to invoke some discussion on the topic.

November 22, 2004, 07:38 PM	#1
goosevr1 Senior Member Join Date: June 1, 2004 Posts: 104	Shoot/No Shoot - Hostage Situation One of my other posts attracted a lot of attention so here's another one: You are in a hostage situation--you, the perp, and the hostage. You are on well terms with the hostage (wife, GF, friend, etc.). The perp has a gun on the hostage, you have your gun on the perp, the perp is yelling at you to drop your gun or he/she will shoot. You are within 10 feet, the perp is very visibly upset/angry over a robbery/whatever gone somewhat bad (realized you had a gun). Consider this on the VERGE of an active shooting scenario. Do you fire? Do you do what he tells you? If you do will he just shoot you anyway? Can he off your hostage as you fire? Some folks feel they can hit'um "between the eyes" while others have a different opinion. Hoping to invoke some discussion on the topic.