"Beat cops don't need guns." - in the UK! In the US, every second person has a gun, and think they 'have the right to shoot people' for a host of arbitrary rea

"Beat cops don't need guns." - in the UK! In the US, every second person has a gun, and think they 'have the right to shoot people' for a host of arbitrary reasons. Meaning the cops pretty much have to have guns in the US. Similarly, I think the issue of police aggression is 90% about culture and not about constitutional issues.