Just imagine that the hostage taker is inside of your house and shooting wildly at everyone else inside while holding the hostage and it'll make more sense. In the scenario you're thinking about, the hostage taker only poses a threat to the hostage and not to the police and other civilians around them.
Just imagine that the hostage taker is inside of your house and shooting wildly at everyone else inside while holding the hostage and it'll make more sense. In the scenario you're thinking about, the hostage taker only poses a threat to the hostage and not to the police and other civilians around them.
No, your scenario still entails shooting the hostage. I mean, if you want to kill the hostage in an attempt to save other hostages, then say so. Because again, there are one million child hostages and washing your hands of their potential deaths isnтАЩt the civilized thing either.
Just imagine that the hostage taker is inside of your house and shooting wildly at everyone else inside while holding the hostage and it'll make more sense. In the scenario you're thinking about, the hostage taker only poses a threat to the hostage and not to the police and other civilians around them.
No, your scenario still entails shooting the hostage. I mean, if you want to kill the hostage in an attempt to save other hostages, then say so. Because again, there are one million child hostages and washing your hands of their potential deaths isnтАЩt the civilized thing either.