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The only country I've seen police wandering about with submachine guns is France. Just hanging out in the train terminal looking tough.
by bagels 3y ago
The only country I've seen police wandering about with submachine guns is France. Just hanging out in the train terminal looking tough.
- rixed 3y agoThis is for show only. In very few occasions are they allowed to use them. Ammunition are actually stored safely away. At least that was the case few years ago. The official report about the Bataclan attacks mention such unit not being given clearance to get amo. Sounds stupid in that case, but I believe they did the maths properly when balancing the chance of armed illiterate young men in public killing innocents versus saving the day.
- u320 3y agoThat's not because the french police is especially militarized or anything, it's just that they are under threat. Swedish police patrolled the streets and malls with submachine guns this christmas too, it happens more than you know. Islamic terrorism is a real and ongoing thing.