• Should the british police force carry guns as standard?
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Nearly all european police forces carry guns, should the british police be allowed to carry guns on standard patrols aswell? would you feel safe knowing that the police are armed, would it make you more careful? do you belive that it would lower crime rates if they did carry guns? or would thugs and/or chavs try match them with other guns? would you care if you saw two policeman get out of cars carrying mp5's? [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Police_armed_uk.jpg[/img] or would you rather them carry tasers? [img]http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/WORLD/europe/11/24/britain.tasers/art.tasers.afp.gi.jpg[/img] or just stick to batons? [img]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/05/22/article-0-01562AA900000578-921_468x433.jpg[/img] what do you think facepunch?
If they have lightweight and commando on, they should stick with the batons.
Make this into a poll.
because there's no need for them to. some of them already do carry guns and tasers, i don't see why all of them need to
Should use tasers, guns only result in unnecessary deaths I want Hezzy to read this thread, his opinion as a copper will be interesting.
[QUOTE=DuncanFrost;20917754] I want Hezzy to read this thread, his opinion as a copper will be interesting.[/QUOTE] he's a cop? O.O
It would depend how high the gun crime is in the UK. If it's not really high, I don't see how it matters much. Although, I think they're better off having them and not needing them, then not having them and needing them.
[QUOTE=PC-is-bacon;20917777]he's a cop? O.O[/QUOTE] Copper-in-training or a special constable or something [QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;20917822]It would depend how high the gun crime is in the UK.[/QUOTE] As far as I know, it's really low, you hardly ever hear about any happening. I don't know where to look for real statistics, but I imagine knife crime is much more of a problem.
They don't really need to.
No giving guns to your police force doesn't make them more effective, it just makes them more deadly.
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