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I live in the UK and let me say that the US is not the UK. In the UK it's very difficult to get a gun. In the US it looks like guns are everywhere. I'm all for
by doublesCs 6y ago
I live in the UK and let me say that the US is not the UK. In the UK it's very difficult to get a gun. In the US it looks like guns are everywhere.
I'm all for fewer guns in general, but is it really feasible that cops don't have guns when everyone else has them?
- c22 6y agoDoes having a gun magically make you immune to bullets? Why is this the only possible counter to criminals with guns?
- sokoloff 6y agoWe also issue them bullet-resistant vests, so no, it's not the only possible counter, but is there another ranged weapon you find more appropriate? Crossbows and long bows seem fairly unwieldy in the field.
- c22 6y agoI'm not much of a weapons connoisseur so I don't know really what's out there, but it's striking to me that the alternatives you mention are even older than the gun which as far as I know is pretty ancient. Are there any non-lethal long-range suppression technologies? Maybe smoke grenade launchers?