Yes, it does look like yet another trigger happy British police officer is at work. Was it really necessary to gun down a woman in an empty car park at 1.20 am in the morning?
No it was not. This is the result of year of anti-gun brainwashing in the UK.

Philip A . Luty, Leeds, West Yorks

And so this country is trying to tackle gun crime?? Another great job by the powers that be! How can you expect youngsters to interpret a situation like this one?

Police are using guns to end a problem, and so now children are doing the same. It is vital that we lead by example to end such scurges, highlighting that guns are unacceptable in all civilian situations.

Armed police now have a multitude of different devices such as tazars, shields and rubber bullets, so why was only one bullet used, and furthernore why did the marksman shoot to kill??

I can't imagine that the suspect was a major threat to the public at 1:30 am on a Monday morning in Sevenoaks!!!

Thanks to Tony's wonderful relationship with Mr Bush, we are now fortunate enough to be the 51st state!!

Jules Justice, Leeds, UK

The lack of details fills me with dread already ... How nice would it be to be able to automatically assume that the authorities had done a good job , instead , I'm wondering why a press release needs to be "worked" upon .

Benzo, Nr Chelmsford,

"why the 'safety catch' was not on?" this is a Glock, Stewart, there is no safety-catch..but rather a safety trigger. The trigger must be pulled intentionally to fire.

windage, Vanceburg, USA Kentucky

Safety catch????

John S. Kelly, Pollocksville, North Carolina

If one has a Glock Pistol and wants to determine that it is unloaded one needs to do the following:

1) Point it in a safe direction
2) remove the magazine
3) insert an empty magazine
4) pull back the slide and lock the action open
5) remove the empty magazine

A range in Concord, CA would concur with this.

Ken Ritz, Crescent City, USA / CA

Police shoot an innocent man in the head seven times on the underground and it's a 'training issue'. Police shoot another unarmed man in the shoulder in his own home and it is labelled 'a training issue'. What label witl the IPCC put on this latest firearms debacle? 'Unfortunate' 'unlucky' or 'just auspicious?' Whatever, no one is ever held accountable but the taxpayer
ends up paying the tab. Is it any wonder that so many people believe that our police can getaway with murder?

Gaz Gallagher, Nottingham, England