To put "not much support" in perspective, during a survey almost 80% of serving police said they opposed being routinely armed on duty, and over 95% opposed bei

To put "not much support" in perspective, during a survey almost 80% of serving police said they opposed being routinely armed on duty, and over 95% opposed being armed both on and off duty. Not even the police themselves have any appetite for escalating the use of firearms in routine duty. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1429898/Police-vote-against-guns.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1429898/Police-vote-a...