> It may get lower but can't really get much lower can it! > Even countries you think are as-safe or safer have insane rates of killings. For example French po

> It may get lower but can't really get much lower can it! > Even countries you think are as-safe or safer have insane rates of killings. For example French police kill almost 8x as much as British police do. What on earth are they doing over there? Maybe take away their guns to stop them killing so many people? Yep, credit where credit is due: given that the violent crime rate and other similar heuristics in the UK are higher than several of the countries with more fatal police shootings, I think it's very impressive that British police are as non-fatal as they are. I definitely think disarming much of the police force can benefit some of these other countries. That would include France, which you mentioned, as it seems to have a similar violent crime rate. > I think it's a principle thing - community police shouldn't have that kind of weaponry, no matter how responsibly they use it or not use it at all. It makes any interaction with them always half-a-second from being lethal. No thanks. I suppose I can't directly disagree with this, and I see where you're coming from. I recognize that where I am is probably more of an anomaly than the pattern, and this approach likely wouldn't be as successful in many other places.