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Countries where the police are unarmed (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I'm a bit confused by the map because in the UK our officers usually carry a baton, spray or in some cases a tazer. They're absolutely not unarmed.

Most don't carry a gun, but I'd also imagine the vast majority of the time they're not dealing with criminals with guns.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Northern Irish police all carry handguns. The UK wide approach doesn't exist.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

That's because we have gun control, which I'm told apparently doesn't work.

Americans are often baffled to know that if you've got a good enough reason to have a gun in the UK, you can have one. We just don't dole them out like they're laptops

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

You’re told that by people who cite their own stupidity for the argument.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Do you... give out laptops? Is that in the Magna Carta or something?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

I mean we have our own problems—if you want to sign up to a predatory loan, sure you can have a laptop