You're supposed to wait until someone pointing a gun at you actually shoots before you shoot back, you see.
This, no shit, was part of the rules of engagement in the two desert wars we've been involved in for the last two decades. Never knew rules of engagement applied to civilian conflicts.
Fucking Taliban freak could've been looking right down a sight, directly at you, but you were supposed to shout commands to him until he either dropped the weapon, or opened fire.
I seem to remember a time where any military aged male that was digging a hole on a road got blasted.
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