On this same line, probably the stupidest writing I've ever seen comes from the shows on TV where a perp takes a person hostage and, when confronted by a LEO, tells the officer to drop his gun or he'll shoot the hostage. And the officer does. Now the perp has another hostage and another gun. I figured if I was ever confronted by this situation I'd NEVER give up my gun, that I'd explain to the perp he has 2 choices, surrender and get a public defender or hurt the hostage and I'll execute him right then and there, regardless if he tries to surrender. Bottom line, the perp needs to understand, hostage dies, so do you. Any LEO out there with an opinion on this type of situation?