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> with their open carry of massive guns This is an odd comment for a country (and indeed city) where the police are not routinely armed.
by peteretep 9y ago
> with their open carry of massive guns
This is an odd comment for a country (and indeed city) where the police are not routinely armed.
- lkramer 9y agoI guess it's largely a response to terrorism, but I routinely see heavily armed policemen at various tube stations.
- pm215 9y agoAs a UK citizen, I find that when I see armed police it is inherently intimidating, because the cultural expectation is that police are unarmed and so it represents a massive escalation. (Seeing them in the UK is becoming more common these days as a counter-terrorism thing, though it is still rare, thankfully.)