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<p>[quote user="selector"]I have not read throughout this thread, but have only begun to read this page because its longevity piqued my curiosity.  So, with that caveat, and with my remarks based solely on the theme in the past several posts, I find this to be an interesting discussion.  I instruct in Ethics and Leadership for Canada's Royal Military College, and the notion of Canadian troops having a mandate to use a public highway to the exclusion of the public, even using the threat of armed force (the police with rifles and handguns pointed at oncoming traffic) is not particularly amusing...mostly since it suggests a teleological, or ends-based, approach to dealing with the human.   The premise is that the most number of humans will benefit if we threaten, and even have to take the lives of, a few.  Oddly, if human lives are what the philosophy is meant to suggest is so vastly important, then we can kill some of them for the good of others.   Huh?[/quote]</p><p>I agree...with all the notions of shoot first and ask questions later, it's simply non-existant today, simply against all the SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) of all Police and Military.  Pointing a loaded weapon towards un-armed civilians and om-coming traffic is simply ridiculous, it's just against all firearm safety rules, military or NOT!  At the range where I shoot, you would be kicked out the range if you as much as not pointing your weapon loaded or not down-range.  This range also trains Police officers and the first thing before they een let you touch a gun is to tell you NEVER EVER point a weapon at another person at the range and to follow the engagement rules on-duty.</p>
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