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Not arming police seems like a pretty stupid move to be honest.
Even in parts of Europe without guns, if a criminal has a knife and is attacking people, are police supposed to just hide and wait for the actually armed SWAT-equivalent in that country to show up?
Police are supposed to be equipped to deal with the most dangerous people, not arming them just sounds like it’s a job that only attracts foolish people.
I live in the Uk. We have armed police on routine patrol in high-risk areas (Airports, London Bridge, etc). Everywhere else, they’re mostly unarmed. They have tasers and batons, though.
I know it's hard for the American mind to comprehend, but our cops actually get more training that your average McDonald's fry cook. So are capable of dealing with people welding knives without 4 people mag dumping into them.
https://youtu.be/tOTLP9rDiN4?si=AK1ZKW2WgBeg9fJT
The dude in the video was subdued because he eventually just gave up and started running away. That’s luck, not training.
Also, if someone threatens people’s lives with a knife, all bets are off and if the threat is neutralized by them getting shot, they brought that upon themselves.
This super naive idealistic way of handling law enforcement is why Europe has such a problem with immigrant crime. You guys overcorrected from colonialism to whatever pansy shit you have now.
The key is generally unarmed.
UK police by and large don’t have firearms, but there are firearms officers who can be dispatched like any other officer. NZ police have firearms in a safe in the boot of their cars.
TlDr: there are firearms, but they’re not strapped to every idiots hip ready to pop off a few rounds at someone who so much as farts in the wrong direction.