'Shoot on sight'

I read with astonishment that the BNP-led 20 party alliance are claiming that the government is giving law enforcers a licence to kill. It seems to me that it is the 20 party alliance that is giving its activists the licence to kill. Scores of innocent people, who are just trying to get on with their lives, are being brutally burned in attacks with petrol bombs. How such attacks can fall under the umbrella of "peaceful protest" is beyond comprehension. While the BNP and the Alliance may deny that these arsonists are acting on their behalf, this is not credible, because they are trying to enforce the blockade. Infants, young children and women are being burned alive and yet their leaders are saying not one word to discourage this kind of activity.
I believe that anyone who is seen to be carrying petrol bomb near any public or private transport, should be considered "armed and dangerous" and an immediate threat to human life. Their intentions are clearly not just to damage, but to injure, maim, kill and destroy. In most countries, in such circumstances, the use of deadly force is warranted. However, it is possible to instruct law enforcers to incapacitate rather than to kill, and shots can be aimed at the legs. "Shoot on sight" is not the same as "shoot to kill", and it is high time that the government instructed law enforcers to do just that, and perhaps that may be just the deterrent that is warranted.