Sleuth
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A couple of comments here I could not let pass:
1. Shoot his gun - Lets think this one through. Your bullet hits his gun perfectly. When some SWAT marksmen tried this, they found that most of the time, the gun went off! Even if it does not, when your bullet hits his gun, where do all the parts of bullet and gun go? Some will go directly into your loved one's head and neck. So, don't shoot the gun.
2. Proven that a CNS shot stops all action - no, it stops controlled action. So IF you get a true CNS hit (skulls are hard to penetrate), you stop voluntary action. BUT, a spasm in his hand or arm puts a bullet into the hostage's head. Still a negative outcome. And, if your round bouces off his head (it happens even with rifle bullets), it could end up in the hostage's head. Another negative outcome.
Clearly, the talk - descalate - offer to let him go seems the best option.
1. Shoot his gun - Lets think this one through. Your bullet hits his gun perfectly. When some SWAT marksmen tried this, they found that most of the time, the gun went off! Even if it does not, when your bullet hits his gun, where do all the parts of bullet and gun go? Some will go directly into your loved one's head and neck. So, don't shoot the gun.
2. Proven that a CNS shot stops all action - no, it stops controlled action. So IF you get a true CNS hit (skulls are hard to penetrate), you stop voluntary action. BUT, a spasm in his hand or arm puts a bullet into the hostage's head. Still a negative outcome. And, if your round bouces off his head (it happens even with rifle bullets), it could end up in the hostage's head. Another negative outcome.
Clearly, the talk - descalate - offer to let him go seems the best option.