Oh well. Yea tha's pretty much Germany. A friend of mine is policeman at the federal police. He says, when you fire a shot (he didn't for himself in action yet, but thats what they all say) you are treated like a criminal and it has to be proven in long investigations that there was a need to take the shot. Even if you shoot under obvious attack, they squeamishly determine if there was a need to take the shot.
Our country is a big pussy relating such things, but it has a lot of positive aspects.
I like the comments below the article, thanks for posting