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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stormborn" data-source="post: 3301817" data-attributes="member: 14041">First I doubt that police would do that as matter of policy.  If policy is to shoot to kill those engaged in violent crime you soon have cops shooting every kid that robs the Quickymart with a toy gun.  While that does happen occasionally, public out cry is great if it was policy their would be riots and I dont think that most cops would agree to it anyway.  Without marshall law it would not be the normal behavior of any police force in the US.  Thats in the real world.    In the moral atmosphere of the DCU, and with Jim Gordon in charge, I dont think it would happen in Gotham either.  Regardless of what happens the GCPD is not going in with shoot to kill orders.  Plus you have the added complication that alot of these costumed types, while they may not seem to be metas, have a nasty habit of survivng all manner of things.  Even if the police on one occasion got forced into a situation where they had to gun down Joker, how soon does his body disappear and he turns up back on the street?  (Hmmm...Joker as a Zombie King who has realized that Death is the ultimate Joke.)Now on the other hand, if some goverment agency labels the colorful violent offenders as Terrorists and has the support of a newly elected anti-crime mayor you could have a group of Feds operating in Gotham hunting costumes, including your PCs, with deadly intent and Gordon being forced to cooperate (but willing to offer the heroic PCs some subtle assistance on occasion once they prove themselves).</blockquote>

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