Rescuers Fired Upon. What Should Be The Response?

[SlowwHand]

If you're keeping up with the situation in New Orleans, you may have heard that gangs who have looted guns are firing on Chinook helicopters attempting rescue.
This group of hoodlums are a minority, to be sure.

What should be the response?

Playful and I were discussing, and being the humanist she is, it was her thought that rubber bullets or tear gas be used.
I'm not as kind. If an officer of the law is fired upon, they are authorized to return fire. So is the military.
My response would be to return live fire.

I guess another response could be to lead chants of:
"Rescue, rescue go away. Come again some other day."


What do you think should be done?

Yes. Bad situation, but a decision has to be made.

[Richelieu]

Shoot'em. They're hampering rescue efforts.

[Krill]

yeah, shoot them, and hope that you never hit an innocent.

[chequita guevara]

According to a post in the other thread, the National Guard denies this happened.

However, given all the other crap going on, I would say the authorities be authorized to fire upon anyone openly displaying firearms.

[Kontiki]

Shoot 'em. Just make sure you're shooting the right person/people.

[chequita guevara]

I have little sympathy for thugs and criminals in general, and even less in survival situaions. People are dying because of these criminals action. This is a life or death situation for tens of thousands of people. These people have chosen death.

[Sava]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
I have little sympathy for thugs and criminals in general, and even less in survival situaions. People are dying because of these criminals action. This is a life or death situation for tens of thousands of people. These people have chosen death.

[Tattila the Hun]

Nuke them from the orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

[Tingkai]

People always over-react. No nukes needed. Just heavy artillery, Apache, fighter strikes. Take out anything that moves. And if a few innocents die, too bad. Apologize later.

[Mao]

The general consensus seems to be that we should just shoot back. Simple enough. To me, though, that's like saying "Catch all the criminals!!!" We just have to make sure we're getting the right people...snipers anyone?

[Richelieu]

Originally posted by Mao
The general consensus seems to be that we should just shoot back. Simple enough. To me, though, that's like saying "Catch all the criminals!!!" We just have to make sure we're getting the right people...snipers anyone?

I don't think so. You also want to project power, show yourself, especially in this case. You want to send the message that things are changing.

[Winston]

Fire back. Where it really hurts!

[self biased]

MAO SIGHTING!

[Tingkai]

Shoot first, ask questions later. And if a cop shoots a guy with a gun, and the guy turns out to be a property owner defending their turfs, oh well.

[Patroklos]

We should declare marshal law, an infantry division should quiet things down.