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Police wouldn't be so trigger happy if guns weren't so pervasive.

• Gibbon1 7y ago
  That's one of my big arguments for banning and confiscating handguns.
• colejohnson66 7y ago
  No. It’s because they’re trained to be that way
  • istjohn 7y ago
    They're trained to be that way because of the prevalence of guns on the street.
• RickJWagner 7y ago
  Thats probably true. But it's also probably true that a lot of crooks won't hand over their guns. They aren't afraid to hold drugs, stolen merchandise, etc. They won't worry about hanging onto a gun, especially when it gives them such an advantage in robbery. I'm pretty sure a good portion of otherwise law-abiding citizens would hang onto their guns, too.
  • flukus 7y ago
    The might still have guns, but even crooks would be less likely to use them because they're less likely to encounter someone else with a gun, making them less likely to have to worry about the first mover advantage in that situation. For robberies they probably don't even need one, just a sufficiently realistic replica.