对于执法实践中的“当场击毙”现象,本刊曾作过初步探讨(详见本刊2007年第20期《“抢劫拒捕当场击毙”的民意与法律之争》)。近期,发生在广州的一起警察当街射杀医生事件,使得警察使用武器问题再次引起全社会的关注,并促进人们透过这一个案更为深入地思考“当场击毙”现象,比如,“当场击毙”可能存在着哪些潜在危险?合理使用武器的界限何在?又如何通过程序正义来约束乃至追究溢权行为?为此,本刊特刊发法律学者杨支柱的分析文章,试图提供一些有益的思考。 For law enforcement practice “kill at the scene ” phenomenon, this article had made a preliminary discussion (see the issue of 2007 issue 20 “” robbery and arrest on the spot “the dispute between public opinion and law”). Recently, a police incident in Guangzhou shot down a street by a doctor caused the police to use the weapons issue once again aroused the concern of the whole society and promoted people to think more deeply through this case. For example, "kill on the spot What potential dangers may exist on the spot killings? What are the limits of the rational use of weapons? And how can we restrain and even enforce the remedies by procedural justice? For this reason, we published an analysis article by legal scholar Yang Pillan in an attempt to provide some Useful thinking.