This attitude, prevalent as it may be, is part of the problem. It is an ill-conceived concept without legal or policy based merit. It plagued law enforcement circles, leading to documented inaction. Fortunately, the law enforcement community has overcome it, though the process continues in pockets. It is a cousin to the "a lawyer might say this or that" argument. A lawyer might say anything. So what? To issue warning or not? What's the applicable law and policy say about that? What's the accepted (i.e. tested) legal position
Well I am sorry, but in the real world you have to factor in litigation unless you don't like your home and life savings.
I am not advocating inaction I am however saying that the more you do to look reasonable the better.
I still don't understand why I have to keep defending what should be an uncontroversial assertion.
If you are pointing a gun at someone you should have the have the manners to introduce yourself and your leetle frien'
No law or policy is going to ding you for giving said BG a chance to drop his weapon. DROP YOUR GUN..Bang.