Shoot to kill!

Kim Beasley tries to make political mileage from the police shooting in London.

Opposition Leader Kim Beazley says there is no need to give Australian police shoot to kill powers as part of a counter-terrorism strategy.

The London incident was most unfortunate but shouldn’t cloud our perspective. If the police have a terrorist in sight with a clear intention of exploding himself I would expect them to shoot to kill. Only fools brought up on Hollywood movies where the police shoot to wound a perpetrator believe this would stop a terrorist. The suicidal terrorist, if left conscience, will still detonate his explosive message. I guess, if Kim is ever in the situation close to a terrorist about to detonate himself, he will demand the police read him his rights, consult with the UN and the ALP before doing anything aggressive.