More recently in Canada, and in response to an mass shooting that the police were not equipped to handle (the one in Moncton), the RCMP were issued "carbines" w

More recently in Canada, and in response to an mass shooting that the police were not equipped to handle (the one in Moncton), the RCMP were issued "carbines" which as I understand are machine guns and better suited to mounting an armed response against an active shooter.