Reply #123: even if you believe he had a bomb, how does killing him on the spot help?

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if someone on a plane claims to have a bomb, i DO NOT want the air marshalls or anyone else to immediately kill the one person who can quickly locate and difuse any such bomb.

if the guy was holding a push button and threatening to press it, THAT would be a good reason to shoot to kill.

but without knowing more precisely what the nature of the danger is, shooting to kill is at least as likely to INCREASE the risk of an explosion as it is to decrease it.


not that any of us can claim to know enough details to judge at this point....