From: "Tony Ingenoso" 

The idea is to cancel them quick lest they trigger a bomb.  This twit
didn't have a bomb of course, but that's the idea.

A police sniper looking to cancel a hostage holder will always go for a
brain stem shot to cut all motor activity.

"Geo"  wrote in message
news:42e2e7d7$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> That's why brits aren't allowed to own guns. They're nuts! 5 shots to the
> head point blank?
>
> Geo.
>
> "George Sherwood"  wrote in message
> news:pan.2005.07.23.21.38.33.24211{at}beernabeer.com...
> > I can't even imagine Adam's comments had the US Police shot some one
dead
> > in the New York subway.  Doesn't seem the British are so unflappable
now.
> >
> > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,22989-1706117,00.html
> >
> > George

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