Poll: Should every policeman be armed

[Evilmonkeysniper0182]

i think yes, get them kicking ass on the street again and make people scared of them.

that or give your kids a smack when they are younger to get some disapline into them

sorry bout my spellings

 

[traceur_]

why the hell wouldn't they be? they're the bloody police.

 

[Sewblon]

If they were unarmed how would they police things? I have been told that In the UK they have specially trained armed response squads, stop quoting me to tell me that.

 

[Evilmonkeysniper0182]

kid beating sounds like a just slap them about lol.

but anyways i dont have to punish my kids with slaps,

1. my raised voie works just as well

2. my wife will punish th kids with a slap if need be

and any mp's who think this is wrong then open you eyes and look at where your human rights act has got england into, run by a bunch of over weight over paid fatcats who we keep in a great wage with our taxes.

 

[Danzaivar]

If they were unarmed how would they police things?

In the UK we only have 'armed police squads' that can only take fire-arms for jobs if they've had special training AND the current situation justifies their need. Your normal bobby on the beat has a truncheon and mace, that's it.

 

[Sewblon]

If they were unarmed how would they police things?

In the UK we only have 'armed police squads' that can only take fire-arms for jobs if they've had special training AND the current situation justifies their need. Your normal bobby on the beat has a truncheon and mace, that's it.

What do they do if someone starts firing a gun?

 

[Evilmonkeysniper0182]

ok what about ou plastic police , who have no right to arrest anyone and dont carry weapons either, surely they are a wasts of time and clearly a way of saving our goverment more money by not training up real police

 

[Knight Templar]

If they were unarmed how would they police things?

In the UK we only have 'armed police squads' that can only take fire-arms for jobs if they've had special training AND the current situation justifies their need. Your normal bobby on the beat has a truncheon and mace, that's it.

Now that is logical, a gun's main function is to kill, so giving every cop a gun for every event is not going to stop or prevent much harm.

At least thats how I see it.

 

[fix-the-spade]

Well, in the UK the average copper's armed with his baton and possibly a can of Mace (they don't have to carry it as far as I know). The guns sticking with specialist officers.
I think that should really be as far as it goes, if every policeman needs to carry a gun, you have to ask yourself what's gone wrong with the society you live in.

Although, Canadian police are all armed, they just don't seem to feel the need to ever use them.

What do they do if someone starts firing a gun?

That doesn't happen very often, when it does the armed response units rock up. Not many people have guns in the UK after all, so it's statistically less likely.

 

[SyphonX]

Oh woe is the new generation that is conformed into being comfortable with oppression.

Police = Stormtrooper

Control = Fear

Fact of the matter is that the Police are there to serve you, not the other way around. You don't serve the Police and then let the government get away with more shit like the Patriot Act or start making every cop a fully armored assault troop.

 

[Sibbo]

I think that coppers should be armed with guns but only after vigorous training in WHEN to use it.

What do they do if someone starts firing a gun?

Australia has fairly strict gun laws and therefore murders/shootouts involving them are decreasing especially after the Port Arthur massacre and the subsequent ban on semi automatic rifles

 

[Twilight_guy]

Depends, if they're in the heart of LA, yeah. If they're patrolling the mall in Bel-air then no. Policemen needs guns to protect themselves and the public but its not a necessity in non-dangerous situations.

 

[rabidmidget]

I dunno about you, but if I'm raping some dudes' wife while belting out "Singing in the Rain" (one web-cookie for reference,) I am not going to be stopped by anything less than bullets penetrating my person, or classical music. (I am now making it childishly easy to guess the reference.)

stanley kubrick's version of a clockwork orange
i can has cookie?

 

[Ago Iterum]

If they were unarmed how would they police things?

In the UK we only have 'armed police squads' that can only take fire-arms for jobs if they've had special training AND the current situation justifies their need. Your normal bobby on the beat has a truncheon and mace, that's it.

What do they do if someone starts firing a gun?

Gun crime is exceedingly rare in the UK, because guns are illigal and difficult to get hold of for criminals. Whereas in the US, guns are legal, and gun crime is out of hand.

Nobody should have guns in my opinion. Not even the police.

 

[Sewblon]

If they were unarmed how would they police things?

In the UK we only have 'armed police squads' that can only take fire-arms for jobs if they've had special training AND the current situation justifies their need. Your normal bobby on the beat has a truncheon and mace, that's it.

What do they do if someone starts firing a gun?

Gun crime is exceedingly rare in the UK, because guns are illigal and difficult to get hold of for criminals. Whereas in the US, guns are legal, and gun crime is out of hand.

Nobody should have guns in my opinion. Not even the police.

Wait, Gun crime is out of hand here in the US? I live in a low-crime state so I must have missed that. Knife crime is out of hand in Scotland so I infer that it is a trade off.

 

[Ago Iterum]

I dunno about you, but if I'm raping some dudes' wife while belting out "Singing in the Rain" (one web-cookie for reference,) I am not going to be stopped by anything less than bullets penetrating my person, or classical music. (I am now making it childishly easy to guess the reference.)

stanley kubrick's version of a clockwork orange
i can has cookie?

Indeed, you may.

Gun crime is exceedingly rare in the UK, because guns are illigal and difficult to get hold of for criminals. Whereas in the US, guns are legal, and gun crime is out of hand.

Nobody should have guns in my opinion. Not even the police.

I dunno. I kind of like the whole "may carry a firearm" thing.
Yeah, people die, but that's going to happen anyway. At least getting shot is a quick and easy way to go.

People die anyway? When did THIS happen?!

I'm always the last to know

Gun crime is exceedingly rare in the UK, because guns are illigal and difficult to get hold of for criminals. Whereas in the US, guns are legal, and gun crime is out of hand.

Nobody should have guns in my opinion. Not even the police.

Gun crime is lovely I like it lots and lots.