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kraznyi_oktjabr

09-19-12 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna (Post 1936442)

My pleasure...the problem as I see it isn't arming the Police but making it harder for these scumbags to get a hold of the weapons in the first place.

If scumbag wants gun he gets gun - unless you lock him/her up first. As UK is not dictatorship I don't see how you could reliably do that. Also when scumbag points gun to officer he/she is unlikely to wait armed response unit (ARU?) to arrive before pulling trigger.

I find concept of unarmed police officer extremely difficult to understand. Could you explain that a little bit? Why most bobbies(?) are usually unarmed?

Herr-Berbunch

09-19-12 02:22 PM

I think it's a case of raising the stakes, if the police are all armed then the crooks will feel the need to be at least on a par with them.

As it currently is you could probably outrun them (not me, fat knacker). :03:

Oberon

09-19-12 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna (Post 1936442)

My pleasure...the problem as I see it isn't arming the Police but making it harder for these scumbags to get a hold of the weapons in the first place.

Bingo, there's units like SO19 and the like to deal with potential firearms incidents, but if you start putting guns into the hands of the average Bobby, and then skimp on the training (which we would because of budget cuts) then you run the risk of having things like the shoot-out at the Empire State building happen.

The bigger problem, IMHO, if I'm honest, is knife crime. That's where the real figures lie and it's much harder to deal with than gun crime.

Jimbuna

09-19-12 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon (Post 1936470)

Your not a million miles off the mark there...as a firearms trained officer I never drew a bead on anyone but as far as knife defence went I thought I was even more proficient but have two scars to contest my belief :doh:

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