"In the year up to March 2016, police in England and Wales only fired seven bullets. (Although these government figures do not include accidental shots, shooting out tires, or killing dangerous or injured animals.)

These officers fatally shot just five people during that period, according to British charity Inquest, which helps families after police-related deaths."

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It's a world away from the United States, where cops killed 1,092 people in 2016, according to figures compiled by The Guardian. "

Of course it's easier for police to remain unarmed if civilians do the same. Out of every 100 people in Britain, fewer than four of them owns a firearm, according to GunPolicy.org, a project run by Australia's University of Sydney. In the U.S. there is more than one gun per person. "

While British officials have long since accepted that an attack is "highly likely," they believe that intelligence-gathering and stronger links with the community - rather than gun-toting cops - will do more to keep the city safer.

"In a free and democratic society, there is going to be a balance between democracy, freedom and openness, and a police state - and none of us want to live in a police state," said Brian Dillon, former head of the Met's firearms command who now runs the counterterrorism consultancy Rubicon Resilience.

"Therefore at some point some attacks are regrettably going to hit home, that's inevitable," he added. "Not everything can be stopped."

Why British Police Don't Arm All Officers

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"The truth is incontrovertible.
malice may attack it,
ignorance may deride it,
but in the end,
there it is." -Sir Winston Churchill

Well they pretty much mentioned why it wouldn't work in the US due to our gun culture. Something needs to change with LEOs though.

"While British officials have long since accepted that an attack is "highly likely," they believe that intelligence-gathering and stronger links with the community - rather than gun-toting cops - will do more to keep the city safer." 

You guys remember how ape-shit y'all went when that sweet, Muslim kid brought his "home made clock" to school? Imagine if the "community" was seeing some shady looking stuff going on by some Muslims, and decided to pass that info on. Y'all would be so quick to jump down their throats and scream "Islamaphobia".  Its that very reason the community doesn't report things like that for intelligence gathering.

And, you don't want anybody armed. Combine all that with the fact y'all kick and scream about a travel ban until we have more stringent vetting, its almost like the libtards actually want to make sure these terroist attacks continue to happen.....

I think I've figured it out. Libtards hate white people, they hate America, and want us all destroyed.

I don't think we have much of a prayer of changing our gun culture.

British cops get far more training than ours do.
Fixing that might be a start.

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"The truth is incontrovertible.
malice may attack it,
ignorance may deride it,
but in the end,
there it is." -Sir Winston Churchill

And I think they view themselves as public servants rather than Dirty Harry.

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“It is the heart of US policy to use fascism to preserve capitalism while claiming to be saving democracy from communism “ - Michael Parenti

Different places and cultures. I am glad that their system works for them. Ours works for us.

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I :heart; Q

It sort of works. It needs improvement in a lot of areas.

there ya go.
don't be shy, hang it out there for all to see
fly that flag proudly

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"The truth is incontrovertible.
malice may attack it,
ignorance may deride it,
but in the end,
there it is." -Sir Winston Churchill

Why dont we stop criminals and make it easier to police the badboys? We encourage the drug using women beating and cop hating in music and film. Start there.

Another highly articulate Cheater reply.

Keep hittin the rock cap'n..

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